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Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desˈman/
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: des‧mán
Noun
desmán m (plural desmanes)
- desman (animal)
- outrage
- Synonym: ultraje
1887, Eugenio Cambaceres, En la sangre, chapter 29:No que fuera ésta provocada por Genaro, que tratase él de imponerse, que su conducta, su actitud, hubiesen nunca acosado de su parte el más ligero desmán, la más pequeña licencia.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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