desafectar

From des- +‎ afectar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: des‧a‧fec‧tar
• Homophone: desafectà (except Valencian)

desafectar (first-person singular present desafecto, first-person singular preterite desafectí, past participle desafectat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to withdraw from use

• “desafectar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
• “desafectar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “desafectar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “desafectar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• desafetar (reintegrationist)

• IPA^(key): /desafɛkˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: de‧sa‧fec‧tar

desafectar (first-person singular present desafecto, first-person singular preterite desafectei, past participle desafectado)

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• “desafectar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from French désaffecter. Equivalent to des- +‎ afectar.

• IPA^(key): /desafeɡˈtaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sa‧fec‧tar

desafectar (first-person singular present desafecto, first-person singular preterite desafecté, past participle desafectado)

1. (law) to withdraw from public use

• “desafectar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10