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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /destɾonˈkaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧tron‧car
Verb
destroncar (first-person singular present destronco, first-person singular preterite destronqué, past participle destroncado)
- to cut down (a tree trunk)
- to cut short, cut off
- to maim, mutilate
- to ruin
- to wear down, wear out
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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