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Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + minar.
Pronunciation
Verb
desminar (first-person singular present desmino, first-person singular preterite desminei, past participle desminado)
- (transitive) to demine
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
From des- + mina + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desmiˈnaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧mi‧nar
Verb
desminar (first-person singular present desmino, first-person singular preterite desminé, past participle desminado)
- (transitive) to demine
2015 November 19, “El laboratorio para limpiar Colombia de minas antipersona”, in El País:Se suma que las técnicas para desminar datan de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que no se pueden aplicar en un mundo preocupado por el medio ambiente y menos cuando muchas de esas minas están en los parques naturales”, explica.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
Further reading