# demolir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēmōlīrī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [də.muˈli]
* IPA: (Valencia) [de.moˈliɾ]

### Verb

demolir (first-person singular present demoleixo, first-person singular preterite demolí, past participle demolit)
* (transitive) to demolish, knock down
    Synonyms: enderrocar, desfer
* (transitive, figurative) to discredit, overturn, refute
    Synonym: destruir

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | demolir | demolir | demolir | demolir | demolir |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | demolint | demolint | demolint | demolint | demolint |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | demolit | demolit | demolida | demolida |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | demolits | demolits | demolides | demolides |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| indicative | present | demoleixo | demoleixes | demoleix | demolim | demoliu | demoleixen |
| indicative | imperfect | demolia | demolies | demolia | demolíem | demolíeu | demolien |
| indicative | future | demoliré | demoliràs | demolirà | demolirem | demolireu | demoliran |
| indicative | preterite | demolí | demolires | demolí | demolírem | demolíreu | demoliren |
| indicative | conditional | demoliria | demoliries | demoliria | demoliríem | demoliríeu | demolirien |
| subjunctive | | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès |
| subjunctive | present | demoleixi | demoleixis | demoleixi | demolim | demoliu | demoleixin |
| subjunctive | imperfect | demolís | demolissis | demolís | demolíssim | demolíssiu | demolissin |
| imperative | | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès |
| imperative | affirmative | — | demoleix | demoleixi | demolim | demoliu | demoleixin |
| imperative | negative (no) | — | no demoleixis | no demoleixi | no demolim | no demoliu | no demoleixin |

#### Derived terms

* demolidor

#### Related terms

* demolició

### Further reading

* “demolir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “demolir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
* “demolir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “demolir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## German
### Verb

demolir
* singular imperative of demoliren

## Interlingua
### Verb

demolir
* to demolish

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | demolir | demolir |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | demoliente | demolite |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | demoli | ha demolite |
| active | past | demoliva | habeva demolite |
| active | future | demolira | habera demolite |
| active | conditional | demolirea | haberea demolite |
| active | imperative | demoli | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es demolite | ha essite demolite |
| passive | past | esseva demolite | habeva essite demolite |
| passive | future | essera demolite | habera essite demolite |
| passive | conditional | esserea demolite | haberea essite demolite |
| passive | imperative | sia demolite | |

## Middle French
### Verb

demolir
* Alternative form of desmolir

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin dēmolīrī

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.moˈli(ʁ)/ [de.moˈli(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.moˈli(ʁ)/ [de.moˈli(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.moˈli(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.moˈli(ʁ)/ [de.moˈli(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.moˈli(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.muˈliɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.muˈliɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.muˈli.ɾi/

### Verb

demolir (no first-person singular present, no present subjunctive, third-person singular present demole, first-person singular preterite demoli, past participle demolido)
* (transitive) to demolish, knock down, destroy

#### Related terms

* demolição

### Further reading

* “demolir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024