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Spanish
Etymology
From ternilla. Related to English tender.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desteɾniˈʝaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /desteɾniˈʎaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desteɾniˈʃaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desteɾniˈʒaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ter‧ni‧llar
Verb
desternillar (first-person singular present desternillo, first-person singular preterite desternillé, past participle desternillado)
- (transitive) to crack up (make laugh)
- (reflexive) to crack up, laugh one's head off
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