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Spanish
Etymology
From des- + vértebra + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desbeɾteˈbɾaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ver‧te‧brar
Verb
desvertebrar (first-person singular present desvertebro, first-person singular preterite desvertebré, past participle desvertebrado)
- to dislocate
- to disrupt, strip
2015 September 18, “Muchas ventas para menos presupuesto”, in El País:Así, el trasiego de futbolistas, la salida en manada, desvertebró al equipo de sus principales figuras.- Just like that, the transfer of players, going on in a pack, stripped the team of its backbone.
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.