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Spanish
Etymology
From des- + portillo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /despoɾtiˈʝaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /despoɾtiˈʎaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /despoɾtiˈʃaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /despoɾtiˈʒaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧por‧ti‧llar
Verb
desportillar (first-person singular present desportillo, first-person singular preterite desportillé, past participle desportillado)
- (transitive) to chip (to break a small piece from)
Me desportillé un diente- I chipped a tooth
1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:Lienzos pintados, como telones de teatro, o más bien como pedazos de monumento de Semana Santa, estaban clavados verticalmente para servir de biombo o abrigo a la cama en que dormían los tres hijos de Caifás, y la armazón de una vieja manga-cruz sin forro tenía dentro ollas rotas, vasos desportillados, una calavera de palo y un libro de palo también, atributos estos dos objetos de alguna imagen de anacoreta.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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