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deslucir v.t. 1. to spoil, to ruin. 2. to damage. 3.
to tarnish. 4. to discredit (desacreditar). 5. to
dull. v.r. 6. to get dull, to get tarnished. 7. to
do badly, to fail to shine, to fail. 8. to discredit
oneself .
deslumbrar v.t. 1. to dazzle, to blind (cegar). 2.
(fig.) to confuse. 3. (fig.) to surprise.
desmadejar v.t. y pron. to weaken, to debilitate.
desmallar v.t. 1. to unravel, to untie. 2. to ladder
(media).
desmán s.m. 1. ZOOL. desman, muskrat. 2.
abuse. 3. excess. 4. disgrace. 5. outrage.
desmandar v.t. 1. to annul, to revoke. v.r. 2. to
go too far, to exceed the limits. 3. to get out
of hand, to get out of control. 4. to misbehave
(portarse mal). 5. to be unruly. 6. to rebel.
desmanotado -da, adj. clumsy, ungainly.
desmantelar v.t. 1. to dismantle, to take down.
2. to empty, to strip (casa). 3. to dismantle, to
take to pieces (máquina).
desmañado -da, adj. 1. clumsy, ungainly. s.m. y
f. 2. ungainly/clumsy person.
desmarcarse v.r. 1. DEP. to escape one’s
marker. 2. (fig.) to dissociate oneself from.
desmayar v.i. 1. to lose heart, to get
discouraged. v.r. 2. to faint, to swoon.
desmayo s.m. 1. faint, fainting fit. 2. (fig.)
depression, dejection. 4. unconsciousness. 6.
limpness, listlessness (de cuerpo).
desmedido -da, adj. excessive,
disproportionate.
desmedirse v.r. to go over the top, to go too far.
desmejorado -da, adj. estar ~, to look haggard,
to have lost one’s good looks.
desmejorar v.t. 1. to spoil, to impair. 2. to
deteriorate. 3. to damage. v.i. y pron. 4. to be
spoiled, to be impaired. 5. to deteriorate, to
get worse.
desmelenar v.t. 1. to ruffle, to dishevel. v.r. 2. to
become vain/conceited (crecerse).
desmembrar v.t. 1. to dismember. v.t. y r. 2. (fig.)
to split up, to break up (dividir). 3. to separate.
desmemoriado -da, adj. forgetful, absent-
minded.
desmentir v.t. 1. to deny, to refute. 2. to
contradict, to refute. 3. to refute, to explode.
4. to go against. v.i. 5. to be out of line, to go
against the grain.
desmenuzar v.t. 1. to chop up, to cut up. 2. to
chop up (carne). 3. to grate (queso). 4. to
crumble (pan).
desmerecer v.i. 1. to degenerate, to deteriorate.
2. to be inferior. 3. to lose in comparison, to
compare badly with. 4. to lose value. 5. to get
worse, to decline. v.t. 6. to be unworthy of.
desmesuradamente adv. inordinately,
exaggeratedly.
desmesurado -da, adj. 1. enormous, oversize.
2. inordinate, exaggerated.
desmesurar v.t. 1. to disarrange, to disorder.
v.pron. 2. to go too far, to forget oneself. 3.
(fam.) to go over the top.
desmineralización s.i. demineralization.
desmirriado -da o esmirriado, -da, adj. 1. thin,
skinny. 2. weak, feeble (débil).
desmochar v.t. 1. to lop, to pollard. 2. to cut the
top off. 3. to dismantle. 4. to blunt. 5. (fig.) to
edit, to cut.
desmonetizar v.t. to demonetize.
desmontar v.t. 1. to fell, to cut. 2. to clear of tree.
3. to level. 4. to take off, to remove. 5. to take
to pieces, to take apart. 6. to strip down, to
dismantle. 7. ARQ. to demolish, to pull down.
8. to uncock. 9. to throw, to dismount (un
caballo al jinete). v.t., i. y r. 11. to dismount.
desmonte s.m. 1. clearing. 2. levelling (terreno).
3. dismounting (motor, máquina). 4. uncocking
(arma). 5. dismounting (de caballo). 6. rubble.
7. (Am.) waste.
desmoralizar v.t. 1. to demoralize. 2. to corrupt.
v.r. 3. to lose heart, to get demoralized. 4. to
rebel.
desmoronar v.t. 1. to wear away). 2. (fig.) to
erode. v.r. 3. to decay. 4. to crumble, to fall to
pieces. 5. to decline, to get worse. 6. (fig.) to
crumble, to decline.
desmovilizar v.t. to demobilize, (fam.) to demob.
desnarigado -da, adj. 1. noseless. 2. snub-
nosed (chato).
desnatado -da, adj. skimmed.
desnatar v.t. 1. to skim, to take the cream off. 2.
to remove the top of. 3. (fig.) to take the cream
off, to cream off. 4. leche sin ~, full-cream
milk, whole milk.
desnaturalización s.f. 1. denaturalization. 2.
adulteration.
desnaturalizado -da, adj. 1. denaturalized. 2.
adulterated. 3. unnatural. 4. QUÍM. denatured.
5. ungrateful. 6. inhuman.
desnaturalizar v.t. 1. QUÍM. to denature. 2. to
denaturalize. 3. to pervert, to corrupt. 4. to
misrepresent, to distort . 5. to adulterate. v.r. 6.
to give up one’s nationality.
desnivel s.m. 1. height difference. 2. slope.
3. unevenness. 4. (fig.) gap, difference,
inequality.
desnucar v.t. 1. to dislocate the neck. v.r. 2. to
break one’s neck.
desnudismo s.m. nudism.
desnudo -da, adj. 1. naked, nude, bare. 2. bare
(un árbol u objeto). 3. bare, barren (paisaje).
4. ruined. s.m. 5. ART. nude.
desnutrición s.f. malnutrition, undernourishment.
desobediente adj. / s.m. y f. disobedient.
desocupación s.f. 1. unemployment. 2. spare
time, leisure. 3. vacation.
desocupar v.t. 1. to vacate, to leave (casa). 2.
MIL. to evacuate. 3. to empty. v.r. 4. to free
oneself, to get out of (librarse de).
desodorante adj. y s.m. deodorant.
desoír v.t. to ignore, to disregard, not to pay
attention to.
desojarse v.r. to strain one’s eyes.
desolación s.f. 1. desolation (lugar). 2. grief
(persona).
desolar v.t. 1. to desolate, to devastate. v.r. 2. to
be disconsolate, to be distressed.
desollador -ra, adj. 1. skinning. s.m. y f. 2.
skinner. 3. (fig.) extortioner, swindler.
desollar v.t. 1. to skin, to fleece. 2. to criticize, to
slate. 4. to discredit.
desorbitar v.t. 1. to leave orbit. 2. to exaggerate.
v.r. 3. to lose one’s sense of proportion
(persona). 4. to get out of control (cosa). 5. to
bulge (ojos).
desorden s.m. 1. disorder, confusion. 2. POL.
disorder, chaos. 3. excess. pl. 4. riots,
disorder. 5. en ~, in a mess.
desorganizar v.t. 1. to disorganize, to disrupt. 2.
to disband, to dissolve.
desorientar v.t. 1. to make someone lose
his way, to disorientate. 2. (fig.) to confuse
someone, to bewilder someone. v.r. 3. to lose
one’s way, to get lost (perderse). 4. to get
confused.
desorientación s.f. disorientation.
desorientador -ra,adj. disorientating,
bewildering.
desovar v.i. BIOL. 1. to spawn. 2. to lay eggs
(insectos).
desove s.m. BIOL. 1. spawning. 2. egg-laying
(insectos).
desoxidar v.t. 1. QUÍM. to deoxidize. 2. to
remove the rust from.
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desoxigenar v.t. y r. QUÍM. to deoxygenate.
desoxigenación s.f. QUÍM. deoxygenation.
despabilado -da, adj. 1. awake, wide-awake. 2.
(fig.) sharp, smart, bright.
despabilar o espabilar v.t. 1. to snuff. 2. to trim
(mecha). 3. (fam.) to wake up (despertar).
4. to wake up, to liven up. 5. to squander. 6.
(fam.) to pinch, to nick. 7. (fam.) to do in, to do
away with. v.r. 8. to wake up. 9. (fig.) to liven
up, to look sharp, to get a move on.
despachado -da, adj. 1. efficient, quick. 2. (fig.)
insolent, rude. 3. cheeky.
despachar v.t. 1. to settle, to complete, to
dispatch. 2. to deal with, to attend to. 3. to
serve, to attend. 4. to dispatch, to send. 5.
to sell, to issue (vender). 6. to sack, to fire.
7. to get rid of, to send packing. 8. (fam.) to
polish off, to put away. 9. (fam.) to do in, to
kill. v.i. 10. to hurry along, to hurry up. 11. to
do business. 12. to serve (en tienda). v.r. 13.
to finish, (fam.) to knock off (terminar. 14. to
hurry up (darse prisa).
despacho s.m. 1. sending, dispatch. 2. settling,
dispatch. 3. COM. sale. 4. office. 5. study,
den. 6. store, shop. 7. message. 8. MIL.
dispatch.
despachurrar v.t. 1. (fam.) to flatten, to crush.
v.t. y r. 2. to squash, to flatten.
despacio adv. 1. slowly. 2. (Am.) softly, quietly.
interj. 3. ¡despacio!, slowly!
despampanante adj. amazing, stunning.
despanzurrar v.t. y pron. 1. to to disembowel. 2.
to crush, to squash. 3. to burst.
desparpajo s.m. 1. self-confidence, naturalness.
2. nerve, cheek. 3. (Am.) chaos, disorder.
desparramado adj. 1. scattered. 2. (fig.)
scattered, spread-out.
desparramamiento s.m. 1. scattering. 2.
sprinkling (líquidos).
desparramar v.t. y r. 1. to spread, to scatter. 2.
to spread. 3. to spill. 4. (fig.) to squander, to
waste (derrochar). v.r. 5. (fam.) to have a good
time, to enjoy oneself.
desparramo s.m. dispersion.
despavorido -da,adj. very scared, terrified.
despavorir v.i. y pron. to be very scared, to be
terrified.
despechar v.t. 1. (Am.) to wean. 2. to anger, to
make angry.
despecho s.m. 1. spite, malice. 2. desperation,
despondency. 3. (Am.) weaning (destete). 4. a
~ de, in spite of. 5. por ~, out of spite.
despechugar v.t. 1. to cut the breast off (ave).
v.r. 2. to bare one’s chest (descubrir el pecho).
despectivamente adv. 1. scornfully,
contemptuously. 2. GRAM. pejoratively.
despectivo -va, adj. 1. scornful, contemptuous.
2. GRAM. pejorative.
despedazar v.t. 1. to destroy, to smash. 2. to
mistreat. 3. to break (corazón). v.r. 4. to tear to
pieces, to tear apart.
despedida s.f. 1. good-bye, farewell. 2.
dismissal, (fam.) sacking, firing (trabajo). 3.
send-off, farewell. 4. closing formula. 5. LIT.
closing couplet, final verse (poema).
despedir v.t. 1. to say goodbye, to see off. 2. to
see out (de una casa). 3. to dismiss, (fam.) to
fire, to sack (de un empleo. 4. to send away,
to get rid of . 5. to release, to give out. 6. to
dismiss (idea, una teoría,). 7. to throw out
(echar). 8. to throw, to fling (arrojar). 9. to fire.
10. to give off, to give out (calor, olor). v.r. 11.
to say goodbye, to take one’s leave. 12. to
see off.
despegado -da, adj. 1. unstuck. 2. (fig.) cold,
detached, indifferent.
despegar v.t. y pron. 1. to unstick, to become