desasnar

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Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ asno +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desasˈnaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧sas‧nar

Verb

desasnar (first-person singular present desasno, first-person singular preterite desasné, past participle desasnado)

  1. (colloquial) to civilize
    • 1903, Godofredo Daireaux, “El maestro de escuela”, in Tipos y paisajes criollos - Serie IV:
      Y don Anselmo empezó, sin ganas, a desasnar a los tres hijos de don Tomás, paisanitos de fecunda e ingeniosa travesura, y a tratar de hacerles comprender, a razón de tres horas por día y de veinte pesos al mes, y la tumba, las complicadas reglas de la aritmética y las arduas bellezas de la cartilla primera.
      And Mr. Anselmo began, reluctantly, to civilize the three children of Mr. Tomás, little countrymen of fertile and ingenious mischief, and to try to make them understand, at a rate of three hours a day and twenty pesos a month, and the grave, the complicated rules of arithmetic and the arduous beauties of the primer.

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