desternillar

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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)

  1. (transitive) to crack up (make laugh)
  2. (reflexive) to crack up, laugh one's head off

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