desempate

See also: desempaté

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈpa.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈpa.t͡ʃi/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈpa.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈpa.te/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈpa.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽˈpa.tɨ/

Etymology 1

Noun

desempate m (plural desempates)

1. tiebreaker (something that is used to pick a winner from a tied situation)

Etymology 2

Verb

desempate

1. inflection of desempatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “desempate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “desempate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desemˈpate/ [d̪e.sẽmˈpa.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: de‧sem‧pa‧te

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desempatar.

Noun

desempate m (plural desempates)

1. tiebreak; tiebreaker

Etymology 2

Verb

desempate

1. inflection of desempatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “desempate”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025