desfasar

Catalan

Etymology

From des- +‎ fase +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Verb

desfasar (first-person singular present desfaso, first-person singular preterite desfasí, past participle desfasat)

1. (transitive) to produce a phase difference, to put out of phase
2. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to go out of phase
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, figurative) to be out of it, to behave counter to prevailing trends, etc.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• defasament

Further reading

• “desfasar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desfaˈsaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧fa‧sar

Verb

desfasar (first-person singular present desfaso, first-person singular preterite desfasé, past participle desfasado)

1. to dephase, change the phase
2. to change the timing of
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, Spain) to freak out, drop out, become a misfit (behave contrary to rules and conventions)

   Synonym: descolgarse

Conjugation

Further reading

• “desfasar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014