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Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + aprender (“to learn”).
Pronunciation
Verb
desaprender (first-person singular present desaprendo, first-person singular preterite desaprendi, past participle desaprendido)
- (transitive or catenative) to unlearn; to forget
Eu desaprendi a andar de bicicleta.- I forgot how to ride a bicycle.
Precisamos desaprender todos estes conhecimentos errôneos.- We must unlearn all of this erroneous knowledge.
Conjugation
Spanish
Verb
desaprender (first-person singular present desaprendo, first-person singular preterite desaprendí, past participle desaprendido)
- to forget, to unlearn
- Synonym: olvidar
2015 November 16, “Opinión”, in El País:Quieren formar un partido que sea referente de funcionamiento interno democrático, pero para ello antes deberán desaprender aquellas prácticas abusivas destinadas a depurar a disidentes, como saben muy bien los miembros del colectivo El Matí, que, escarmentados, no han querido saber nada de este nuevo experimento partidista.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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