# depauperar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dēpauperāre (“to impoverish”), from Latin dē- + pauperāre (“to impoverish”), from pauper (“poor”). Cognate with Italian depauperare, English depauperate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [də.pəw.pəˈɾa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.paw.peˈɾaɾ]
* Homophone: depauperà

### Verb

depauperar (first-person singular present depaupero, first-person singular preterite depauperí, past participle depauperat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
* (transitive) to impoverish
    Synonym: empobrir

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “depauperar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “depauperar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “depauperar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “depauperar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin depauperare (“to impoverish”), from Latin de- + pauperare (“to impoverish”), from pauper (“poor”). Cognate with Italian depauperare, English depauperate.

### Verb

depauperar (first-person singular present depaupero, first-person singular preterite depauperei, past participle depauperado)
* to impoverish
    Synonym: empobrecer
* to weaken
    Synonym: debilitar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### Further reading

* “depauperar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “depauperar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin depauperare (“to impoverish”), from Latin de- + pauperare (“to impoverish”), from pauper (“poor”). Cognate with Spanish depauperar, English depauperate.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.paw.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.paʊ̯.peˈɾa(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.paw.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.paʊ̯.peˈɾa(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.paw.peˈɾa(ɾ)/ [de.paʊ̯.peˈɾa(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.paw.peˈɾa(ʁ)/ [de.paʊ̯.peˈɾa(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.paw.peˈɾa(ɻ)/ [de.paʊ̯.peˈɾa(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.paw.pɨˈɾaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.paw.pɨˈɾaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.paw.pɨˈɾa.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: de‧pau‧pe‧rar

### Verb

depauperar (first-person singular present depaupero, first-person singular preterite depauperei, past participle depauperado)
* (transitive) to impoverish
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin depauperare (“to impoverish”), from Latin de- + pauperare (“to impoverish”), from pauper (“poor”). Cognate with Italian depauperare, English depauperate.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /depaupeˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.pau̯.peˈɾaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧pau‧pe‧rar

### Verb

depauperar (first-person singular present depaupero, first-person singular preterite depauperé, past participle depauperado)
* (transitive) to impoverish
    Synonym: empobrecer
* (transitive) to weaken
    Synonyms: debilitar, extenuar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* depauperación

### Further reading

* “depauperar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10