desprender

From des- +‎ prender.

• IPA^(key): /despɾenˈdeɾ/

desprender (first-person singular present desprendo, first-person singular preterite desprendín, past participle desprendido)
desprender (first-person singular present desprendo, first-person singular preterite desprendim or desprendi, past participle desprendido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to release, detach

   Synonyms: desatar, soltar

2. (pronominal) to detach (to come off something)

• desprendimento

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “desprender”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “desprender”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “desprender”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “desprender” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “desprender”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From des- +‎ prender.

desprender (first-person singular present desprendo, first-person singular preterite desprendi, past participle desprendido)

1. (transitive) to loosen

   Synonym: soltar

2. (transitive) to release, detach

   Synonyms: desligar, desatar

• desprendimento

• “desprender”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

From des- +‎ prender (“to catch”).

• IPA^(key): /despɾenˈdeɾ/
• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: des‧pren‧der

desprender (first-person singular present desprendo, first-person singular preterite desprendí, past participle desprendido)

1. (transitive, also pronominal) to detach

   Synonym: desatar

   Se ha desprendido un botón del saco.

   A button's fallen off the jacket.

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page IX:

     Andando los tiempos y a medida que se elevaba el nivel intelectual del medio, el hombre habría debido ir desprendiéndose con relativa facilidad de la mayor parte de esos prejuicios.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (transitive) to give off

   Esta rosa silvestre desprende un aroma dulce.

   This wild rose gives off a sweet scent.

• “desprender”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10