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despitar

/despiˈtaɾ/

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verb/despiˈtaɾ/

to overturn / rectify a referee or umpire on a decision he/she had made

El árbitro despitó el penalti después de verlo en el VARThe referee overturned the penalty after seeing it on VAR

Antonyms: pitar

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old Spanish des- Spanish des- Spanish pitar Spanish despitar From des- + pitar.