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Spanish
Etymology
From des- + teñir. Compare to English destain.
Verb
desteñir (first-person singular present destiño, first-person singular preterite desteñí, past participle desteñido)
- to fade
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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