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deslomar
desfogar v.t. 1. to vent, to let fly. v.i. 2. to burst,
to break. v.r. 3. (fam.) to vent one’s feelings, to
let off steam.
desfondar v.t. 1. to knock the bottom out of. 2. to
break the bottom of. 3. AGR. to plough deeply.
v.r. 4. to wear/tire oneself out.
desgaire s.m. 1. contemptuous/scornful gesture.
2. carelessness, slovenliness. 3. affected
carelessness, nonchalance.
desgajar v.t. 1. to tear off, to rip off. 2. to tear
up (despedazar). 3. to tear o rip to pieces
(desgarrar). v.r. 4. to come away from, to
break off.
desgalichado -da, adj. clumsy, awkward,
ungainly.
desgana s.f. 1. lack of appetite. 2. lack of
willpower. 3. unwillingness, reluctance. 4.
repugnance, disgust.
desgañitarse v.r. 1. to shout/scream one’s head
off. 2. to go hoarse.
desgarbado -da, adj. 1. clumsy, gawky,
ungainly. 2. slovenly, careless.
desgarrado -da, adj. 1. impudent, cheeky,
insolent. 2. scandalous. 3. licentious.
desgarrar v.t. 1. to tear, to rip. 2. (fig.) to crush,
to shatter (sufrir). 3. to break. v.r. 4. to rip, to
tear.
desgarro s.m. 1. tear, rip. 2. tear (de músculo).
3. (fig.) boasting, bragging. 4. cheek.
desgarrón s.m. 1. large rip o tear. 2. tear (de un
músculo). 3. tatter (jirón).
desgastar v.t. 1. to wear away, to wear down.
2. to wear out. 3. GEOL. to erode. 4. to fray,
to wear. 5. to corrode (metal). 6. (fig.) to ruin,
to spoil (estropear). v.r. 7. to tire o to wear
oneself out. 8. to get weak. 9. to wear out, to
get worn (ropa). 10. to corrode (metal).
desglosar v.t. 1. to remove, to detach. 2. to
separate.
desgobernar v.t. 1. POL. to misgovern, to
misrule. 2. to dislocate. 3. to mismanage, to
manage badly.
desgoznar o desengoznar v.t. 1. to unhinge,
to take something off its hinges. v.r. 2. to get
upset, to become disturbed (desquiciar).
desgracia s.f. 1. misfortune. 2. mishap
(contratiempo). 3. bad luck. 4. disgrace,
disfavour. 5. awkwardness, lack of grace.
6. caer en ~, to fall from favour. 7. estar
en ~, to be unfortunate. 8. para colmo de
desgracias, on top of everything. 9. por ~,
unfortunately. 10. ¡qué ~!, what a pity!, what
a shame! 11. ser la ~ de la familia, to be the
disgrace of the family.
desgraciar v.t. 1. to ruin, to spoil. 2. to damage.
v.r. 3. to be ruined, to be spoilt. 4. to be
damaged. 5. to fall through, to turn out badly.
desgranar v.t. 1. to remove the grain. 2. to
remove the pips (sacar las pepitas). 3. to
thresh. 4. to shell (guisantes, maíz). v.r. 5.
to shed its grain. 6. BOT. to fall. 7. to lose its
grapes (uva). 8. to come unstrung (cuentas
de un collar).
desgreñar v.t. 1. to ruffle, to tousle, to dishevel
(despeinar). v.r. 2. to get ruffled/tousled/
dishevelled.
desguarnecer v.t. 1. MEC. to strip down, to
dismantle. 2. to unharness (caballo). 3. to
untrim, to remove the trimmings. 4. to strip
(instrumentos). 5. MIL. to abandon.
desguazar v.t. 1. to rough-hew. 2. to break up, to
scrap. 3. to scrap.
deshabitado -da, adj. uninhabited.
deshacer v.t. 1. to undo. 2. to damage. 3. to
spoil. 4. to destroy. 5. to undo, to unpick. 6.
to ruin. 7. MEC. to take to pieces, to take
apart (desmontar). 8. to strip down, to break
up (desguazar). 9. to unmake (cama). 10. to
unwrap, to undo. 11. to untie, to unfasten, to
undo. 12. to unpack (maleta). 13. to unknot,
to untie (nudo). 14. to wear down (metal).
15. to melt. 16. to dissolve. 17. to put to
flight, to rout. 18. to beat, to defeat. 19. to
break, to violate. 20. to cancel. 21. to wear/
tire out (cansar). 22. to right ( males.). 23.
to shatter. 24. to divide. 25. to damage, to
harm. 26. to thwart (complot.). v.r. 27. to come
undone/unfastened. 28. to come unsewn
(descoserse). 29. to come apart, to come to
pieces. 30. to break. 31. to get spoilt. 32. to
get damaged. 33. to melt. 34. to vanish, to
disappear. 35. to dissolve (disolver). 36. to
break up. 37. to be shattered, to go to pieces.
38. to get tired, to tire oneself out (cansarse).
39. to do one’s utmost. 40. to get/grow
weak (debilitarse). 41. to get/grow impatient
(impacientarse). 42. deshacerse de algo, to
get rid of something, to part with something.
43. deshacerse de alguien, to get rid of
someone. 44. deshacerse en cumplidos,
to be full of praise. 45. deshacerse por
algo, to be crazy/mad about something. 46.
deshacerse por hacer algo, to do one’s
utmost to do something, to try one’s hardest to
do something.
desharrapado -da, adj. 1. ragged, tattered. s.m.
y f. 2. shabby person, down-and-out.
deshebrar v.t. 1. to unthread, to undo. 2. to tear
into strips.
deshecho -cha, adj. 1. tired out, worn out. 2.
crushed, shattered. 3. destroyed. 4. unsewn.
5. undone, unfastened. 6. broken. 7. untied.
8. melted. 9. dissolved. 10. unmade (cama).
11. unpacked (maleta). 12. in pieces, broken
up. 13. beaten, defeated . 14. unwrapped. 15.
ruined, spoilt. 16. broken (salud). 17. violent.
s.m. 18. (Am.) short cut (atajo).
desheredado -da, adj. 1. disinherited. 2.
(fig.) underprivileged, poor. s.m. y f. 3. a
disinherited person. 4. (fig.) an underprivileged
person.
desheredar v.t. to disinherit.
deshidratado -da, adj. 1. dehydrated. 2. dry,
dehydrated (piel).
deshidratar v.t. y r. to dehydrate.
deshielo s.m. 1. thaw. 2. defrosting (frigorífico).
3. (fig.) thawing.
deshilachar v.t. 1. to ravel, to fray. v.r. 2. to
become frayed, to get frayed.
deshilar v.t. 1. to unravel. 2. (fig.) to cut into
shreds. v.r. 3. to get worn, to fray.
deshilvanado -da,adj. 1. disconnected,
disjointed (inconexo). 2. incoherent. 3.
untacked.
deshilvanar v.t. to untack, to unstitch.
desinhibirse v.r. to shake off one’s inhibitions.
deshojar v.t. 1. to pull/strip the leaves off. 2. to
pull/strip the petals off (pétalos). 3. to tear the
pages out of (libros). 4. QUÍM. to defoliate.
v.r. 5. to lose its leaves (árbol). 6. to lose its
petals (flor).
deshollinador -ra, adj. 1. who sweeps
chimneys. s.m. 2. sweep, chimney sweep. 3.
chimney sweep’s brush (cepillo).
deshonesto -ta, adj. 1. dishonest. 2. indecent,
obscene (obsceno).
deshonor s.m. 1. dishonour, disgrace. 2.
disgrace. 3. insult, affront.
deshonrar v.t. 1. to dishonour, to disgrace. 2.
to affront (afrontar). 3. to insult (insultar). v.r.
4. to ruin.
deshora s.f. a ~, a deshoras awkward moment,
inconvenient time.
deshuesador -ra, adj. 1. stoning, pitting. s.f. 2.
stoning machine.
deshuesar o desosar v.t. 1. to bone (carne). 2.
to stone, to pit (fruta).
desiderata s.f. desiderata.
desiderátum s.m. desideratum.
desidia s.f. 1. negligence, neglect. 2. laziness,
idleness.
desierto -ta, adj. 1. deserted, empty. 2. empty,
bleak (paisaje). 3. empty, uninhabited
(deshabitado). 4. GEOG. desert. 5. (fig.)
deserted. 6. void. s.m. 7. desert.
designar v.t. 1. to designate, to name, to appoint.
2. to select. 3. to decide upon, to fix, to name.
designio s.m. 1. plan. 2. project (proyecto). 3.
intention.
desigual adj. 1. unequal, uneven. 2. different. 3.
unfair, injust. 4. changeable. 5. unpredictable
(carácter). 6. rough, uneven.
desigualar v.t. 1. to make unequal. 2. to make
different. 3. to make uneven/rough (terreno).
v.r. 4. to excel, to surpass. 5. to get ahead. 6.
to break the equality.
desigualdad s.f. 1. inequality. 2. unevenness,
roughness. 3. changeableness (tiempo).
4. unpredictability, capriciousness. 5.
unevenness. 6. difference. 7. inconsistency. 8.
MAT. inequality.
desinencia s.f. GRAM. ending.
desinfectar v.t. y pron. to disinfect.
desinsectar v.t. to fumigate.
desintegración s.f. 1. disintegration. 2. ~
nuclear, FÍS. nuclear fission. 3. la ~ del
átomo, the splitting of the atom.
desintegrar v.t. y pron. 1. to disintegrate. 2. FÍS.
to split (átomo). 3. (fig.) to break up.
desinterés s.m. 1. lack of interest, disinterest. 2.
impartiality. 3. generosity, unselfishness.
desinteresado -da,adj. 1. uninterested.
2. disinterested, impartial. 3. unselfish
(generoso).
desistir v.i. 1. to desist, to stop. 2. to give up. 3.
DER. to waive.
desjarretar v.t. 1. to hamstring.
deslavar o deslavazar v.t. 1. to wash gently, to
half-wash. 2. to fade (desteñir).
deslavazado -da, adj. 1. soft, bland, limp. 2.
discoloured, faded. 3. wet, limp.
desleír v.t. y r. 1. to dissolve. 2. to dilute, to thin.
3. (fig.) to dilute. v.t. 4. to be long-winded, to
be verbose.
deslenguar v.t. 1. to cut the tongue out/off. v.r.
2. to be foul-mouthed (ser mal hablado). 3.
to talk too much (hablar mucho). 4. to speak
insolently.
desliar v.t. 1. to untie, to undo (desatar). 2. to
unwrap, to open. v.r. 3. to come undone o
untied. 4. to come unwrapped.
desligar v.t. 1. to undo, to unfasten, to untie. 2.
to free, to release (dispensar). 3. to sort out,
to clear up. 4. to separate, to detach. 5. to
extract. v.r. 6. to come undone, to come loose.
7. to separate. 8. to release/to free oneself.
deslindar v.t. 1. to fix, to mark out, to delimit.
2. (fig.) to define the limits. 3. to spell out, to
explain (aclarar).
desliz s.m. 1. slip. 2. slide. 3. (fig.) slip, mistake,
error. 4. lapse, slip (lapsus). 5. cometer un ~,
to slip up, to make a mistake.
deslizar v.t. 1. to slip. v.i. y pron. 2. to slide. 3. to
slip (resbalar). 4. to slide (patinar). 5. to skid.
6. to slip out. 7. to slip in, to find its way in. 8.
to slither (serpiente). 9. to glide (barco). 10. to
glide, to slide. 11. to flow, to run. 12. to pass,
to slip by (tiempo).
deslomar v.t. 1. to break the back of. 2. (fig.)
to tire out, to exhaust (cansar). v.r. 3. (fig.) to
break one’s back (trabajar muchísimo).