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Spanish
Etymology
From des- + encabestrar (“to halter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desenkabesˈtɾaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧sen‧ca‧bes‧trar
Verb
desencabestrar (first-person singular present desencabestro, first-person singular preterite desencabestré, past participle desencabestrado)
- (transitive) to take off a halter
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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