descuartizar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /deskwaɾtiˈθaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /deskwaɾtiˈsaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧cuar‧ti‧zar

Verb

descuartizar (first-person singular present descuartizo, first-person singular preterite descuarticé, past participle descuartizado)

  1. dismember (to cut a body into pieces)
    • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 267:
      Los que roban reses mayores y las descuartizan en el mismo sitio para transportarlas con facilidad, desechan aquellas partes que, como la cabeza, las patas y las entrañas, son de más embarazo que provecho.
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    • 2023 August 11, Juan Rafael Pérez-Vera, “Experto en criminología, en COPE': 'El motivo de descuartizar no es solo esconder el cadáver”, in COPE:
    • 2023 August 16, “Hombre es detenido en Brasil como sospechoso por descuartizar a jugador de fútbol de 19 años”, in El Universo:
  2. cut up, carve up (to cut into smaller pieces, parts, or sections)

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