desventrar

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Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ vientre +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desbenˈtɾaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧ven‧trar

Verb

desventrar (first-person singular present desventro, first-person singular preterite desventré, past participle desventrado)

  1. (transitive) to rip the guts of; eviscerate; disembowel
    • 2003 January 13, “Illinois afronta un difícil debate político sobre la pena de muerte”, in El País:
      La hermana y dos sobrinos de Sam Evans fueron asesinados por una pareja que desventró a la mujer para arrancarle el hijo que estaba a punto de nacer y quedarse con él.
      Sam Evans' sister and two nephews were murdered by a couple who emptied the woman's abdomen in order to get hold of the baby who was about to be born.
    • 2016 October 2, “En la mente de Bayono”, in El Periódico:
      Pero el niño Bayona, con 5 o 6 años, estaba fascinado con el lado gore de las pinturas negras del aragonés, y desventraba lápices copiando "compulsivamente" cuerpos desmembrados y llagas purulentas ("'Saturno devorando a un hijo' me no me dejaba dormir").
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