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Spanish
Etymology
From des- + nutrir.
Verb
desnutrirse (first-person singular present me desnutro, first-person singular preterite me desnutrí, past participle desnutrido)
- (reflexive) to starve
2015 October 13, “Problemas de encendido”, in El País:Una de las mayores estupideces de la aritmética financiera del Gobierno ha consistido en cerrar oficinas de investigación y desnutrir universidades e institutos a cuenta de los recortes.- (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.
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