desencadear

From des- +‎ encadear.

• IPA^(key): /deseŋkadeˈaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: de‧sen‧ca‧de‧ar

desencadear (first-person singular present desencadeo, first-person singular preterite desencadeei, past participle desencadeado)
desencadear (first-person singular present desencadeio, first-person singular preterite desencadeei, past participle desencadeado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to unchain, to unleash, to release (to remove chains from)

   Antonym: encadear

2. (transitive) to unleash (to precipitate; to bring about)
3. to trigger (to initiate something; to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone))
4. (reflexive, of a storm) to burst; to erupt

• desencadeamento
• desencadeante

• “desencadear”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• “desencadear” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

From des- +‎ encadear.

desencadear (first-person singular present desencadeio, first-person singular preterite desencadeei, past participle desencadeado)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to unchain, to unleash, to release (to remove chains from)

   Antonym: encadear

2. (transitive) to unleash (to precipitate; to bring about)
3. to trigger (to initiate something; to spark a response)
4. (reflexive, of a storm) to burst; to erupt

• desencadeamento

• “desencadear”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “desencadear” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913