descuadrar

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Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ cuadrar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deskwaˈdɾaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧cua‧drar

Verb

descuadrar (first-person singular present descuadro, first-person singular preterite descuadré, past participle descuadrado)

  1. (transitive, finance) to unbalance (an account, etc)
    • 2016 October 25, “¿Se puede gobernar desde el Parlamento?”, in El País:
      Por ejemplo, con los Presupuestos, el PP apoyaba todas las enmiendas de IU para descuadrar las cuentas, hasta el punto de que el senador de izquierdas que las proponía sostenía: "Aquí invita el PP y paga el PSOE".
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