desballestar

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Etymology

From des- +‎ ballesta +‎ -ar.

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desballestar (first-person singular present desballesto, first-person singular preterite desballestí, past participle desballestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to take apart, dismantle
    Synonyms: desmuntar, desfer
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 2, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Les van desballestar allà mateix. A l'interior d'una barra de ferro de la meva bicicleta van trobar-hi la carta.
      They took them apart right there. Inside an iron bar of my bicycle they found the letter.
  2. (transitive) to salvage, to cannibalise (remove parts from a defective machine to use elsewhere)
  3. (transitive) to put out of order, to wreck
    Synonyms: desajustar, desgavellar
  4. (reflexive) to break down, (of a person) to have a breakdown
    Sembla que alguna cosa s'ha desballestat a la moto, ja que la bateria és nova.
    It seems like something has broken down in the motorcycle since the battery is new.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desbaʝesˈtaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /desbaʎesˈtaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desbaʃesˈtaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desbaʒesˈtaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧ba‧lles‧tar

Verb

desballestar (first-person singular present desballesto, first-person singular preterite desballesté, past participle desballestado)

  1. to unsettle
    • 2015 November 6, “Entrevista”, in El País:
      Recuerda, además, Zanón que vivía con sus padres y los cuatro abuelos: "Siempre había alguien en casa, era una estructura familiar que nos protegía y que ahora no existe: hoy los tienes en la residencia y para pagarlo has de trabajar 24 horas… Es absurdo: hay que romper con eso, se desballestan muchas cosas ¿Un discurso conservador?
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