desempeñar

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Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ empeñar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desempeˈɲaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧sem‧pe‧ñar

Verb

desempeñar (first-person singular present desempeño, first-person singular preterite desempeñé, past participle desempeñado)

  1. to hold (a position, a title)
    desempeñar una posición
    hold a position
    desempeñar el título
    hold the title
  2. to play a role; to serve in or as
    • 2007, Iván Heredia Cervantes, “Las deficiencias de la regla de responsabilidad múltiple del reglamento ”Roma II””, in Anuario español de derecho internacional privado, volume 7, page 278:
      Se trata de una norma que, al menos hasta la fecha, ha despertado escaso o nulo interés doctrinal, pero que, casi con toda seguridad esté llamada a desempeñar un destacado papel en el futuro.
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  3. (transitive) to redeem (out of pawn)
    Synonym: redimir

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