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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Noun
desquite m (plural desquites)
- divorce (legal separation of spouses)
- Synonyms: divórcio, separação
Spanish
Etymology 1
Deverbal from desquitar.
Noun
desquite m (plural desquites)
- revenge, payback
1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 168:Cuando arde la oreja izquierda, ya sabe la persona que están hablando mal de ella, y puede, en desquite, hacer que se muerda la lengua el murmurador, con sólo tirarse la oreja derecha.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Verb
desquite
- inflection of desquitar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
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