deshacer

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin disfacere. Synchronically des- +‎ hacer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /desaˈθeɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /desaˈseɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ha‧cer
• Alternative: de‧sha‧cer

  (file)

Verb

deshacer (first-person singular present deshago, first-person singular preterite deshice, past participle deshecho)

1. (transitive) to undo, to unmake

   Antonym: hacer

2. (transitive) to unpack

   Synonym: desempacar

3. (transitive) to break, to break up (e.g. a treaty, a business, a band, a united effort)
4. (transitive) to take back (something done or said)

   Synonym: retirar

5. (transitive) to reverse (a spell or curse)
6. (reflexive) to come undone, to unravel
7. (reflexive) to get rid of, to ditch, to dispose of, to dump (deshacerse de alguien o algo)
8. (reflexive) to melt (deshacerse el hielo)

   Synonyms: derretir, descongelar

9. (reflexive) to weed out (unwanted people)
10. (reflexive, followed by "en") to feel/show a lot of (emotion)

    deshacerse en elogios

    to praise from the rooftops

    deshacerse en excusas

    to make plenty of excuses

    deshacerse en insultos

    to completely slag off

Conjugation

Further reading

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