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Portuguese
Etymology
From es- + cangalho + -ar. Cognate with Galician escangallar.
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Verb
escangalhar (first-person singular present escangalho, first-person singular preterite escangalhei, past participle escangalhado)
- (transitive) to dislodge, to disjoint, to disarray
- (transitive and intransitive, of an object) to break, to mess up, to ruin
- Ele escangalhou a televisão. ― He broke the television.
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