embordonir
Catalan
Etymology
em- + bord (“bastard”) + -ó + ir
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əm.boɾ.duˈni/
- (Central) IPA(key): /əm.bur.duˈni/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /em.boɾ.doˈniɾ/
Verb
embordonir (first-person singular present embordoneixo, past participle embordonit)
- (transitive) to make wild
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to run wild
- (transitive, figuratively) to corrupt, ruin
- Synonyms: corrompre, rebordonir
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, figuratively) to degenerate, to ruin oneself
- Synonyms: degenerar, corrompre’s
Further reading
- “embordonir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.