Infinitive
detrui
Forms
Tenses
| Present | detruas |
| Past | detruis |
| Future | detruos |
| Conditional | detruus |
| Imperative | detruu! |
Participles
| Active past | detruinta |
| Active present | detruanta |
| Active future | detruonta |
| Passive past | detruita |
| Passive present | detruta |
| Passive future | detruota |
Etymology
Borrowed from French détruire, ultimately from Latin dēstruō (“to destroy, demolish, ruin”). Compare Italian distruggere, Portuguese and Spanish destruir, German destruieren, English destroy, Romanian distruge. See: French '
détruire', Latin '
dēstruō', Italian '
distruggere', Spanish '
destruir', German, old spelling '
destruieren', English '
destroy', Romanian '
distruge'.
Sample Sentences
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Vi metu monon en la manojn de tia viro nur se vi deziras lin detrui, tio estas fakto. (You put money in the hands of that type of man only if you want to destroy him, that is a fact.) [1999, Trans. Edwin Grobe, Mark Twain: Tri Noveloj:]