deshilvanar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- (negation prefix) +‎ hilvanar (“to baste or stitch together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desilbaˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.sil.β̞aˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧hil‧va‧nar

Verb

deshilvanar (first-person singular present deshilvano, first-person singular preterite deshilvané, past participle deshilvanado)

1. (transitive) to untack
   • 2002 November 21, “Manual de instrucciones inservibles”, in El Tiempo‎^[1]:

     Junca, de 34 años, deshilvana una serie de guantes negros de lana, que descansan en el piso, y los convierte, paradójicamente, en instrucciones de uso.

     Junca, who is 34, untacks a series of black wool gloves, which rest on the floor, and he turns them, paradoxically, into directions for use.

2. (transitive) to remove basting threads from
3. (by extension, transitive) to unravel (to clear from complication or difficulty)
   • 2016 December 11, “Falleció Pedro Cajías, un querido personaje paceño”, in Página Siete‎^[2]:

     Fue un hombre que trató de deshilvanar algunas de las hipocresías de la ciudad.

     He was a man who tried to unravel some of the city's hypocrisies.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of deshilvanar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			deshilvanar
gerund			deshilvanando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		deshilvanado		deshilvanada
		plural		deshilvanados		deshilvanadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deshilvano	deshilvanastú deshilvanásvos	deshilvana	deshilvanamos	deshilvanáis	deshilvanan
	imperfect	deshilvanaba	deshilvanabas	deshilvanaba	deshilvanábamos	deshilvanabais	deshilvanaban
	preterite	deshilvané	deshilvanaste	deshilvanó	deshilvanamos	deshilvanasteis	deshilvanaron
	future	deshilvanaré	deshilvanarás	deshilvanará	deshilvanaremos	deshilvanaréis	deshilvanarán
	conditional	deshilvanaría	deshilvanarías	deshilvanaría	deshilvanaríamos	deshilvanaríais	deshilvanarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	deshilvane	deshilvanestú deshilvanésvos2	deshilvane	deshilvanemos	deshilvanéis	deshilvanen
	imperfect (ra)	deshilvanara	deshilvanaras	deshilvanara	deshilvanáramos	deshilvanarais	deshilvanaran
	imperfect (se)	deshilvanase	deshilvanases	deshilvanase	deshilvanásemos	deshilvanaseis	deshilvanasen
	future1	deshilvanare	deshilvanares	deshilvanare	deshilvanáremos	deshilvanareis	deshilvanaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		deshilvanatú deshilvanávos	deshilvane	deshilvanemos	deshilvanad	deshilvanen
	negative		no deshilvanes	no deshilvane	no deshilvanemos	no deshilvanéis	no deshilvanen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of deshilvanar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive deshilvanar
	dative	deshilvanarme	deshilvanarte	deshilvanarle, deshilvanarse	deshilvanarnos	deshilvanaros	deshilvanarles, deshilvanarse
	accusative	deshilvanarme	deshilvanarte	deshilvanarlo, deshilvanarla, deshilvanarse	deshilvanarnos	deshilvanaros	deshilvanarlos, deshilvanarlas, deshilvanarse
with gerund deshilvanando
	dative	deshilvanándome	deshilvanándote	deshilvanándole, deshilvanándose	deshilvanándonos	deshilvanándoos	deshilvanándoles, deshilvanándose
	accusative	deshilvanándome	deshilvanándote	deshilvanándolo, deshilvanándola, deshilvanándose	deshilvanándonos	deshilvanándoos	deshilvanándolos, deshilvanándolas, deshilvanándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative deshilvana
	dative	deshilváname	deshilvánate	deshilvánale	deshilvánanos	not used	deshilvánales
	accusative	deshilváname	deshilvánate	deshilvánalo, deshilvánala	deshilvánanos	not used	deshilvánalos, deshilvánalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative deshilvaná
	dative	deshilvaname	deshilvanate	deshilvanale	deshilvananos	not used	deshilvanales
	accusative	deshilvaname	deshilvanate	deshilvanalo, deshilvanala	deshilvananos	not used	deshilvanalos, deshilvanalas
with formal second-person singular imperative deshilvane
	dative	deshilváneme	not used	deshilvánele, deshilvánese	deshilvánenos	not used	deshilváneles
	accusative	deshilváneme	not used	deshilvánelo, deshilvánela, deshilvánese	deshilvánenos	not used	deshilvánelos, deshilvánelas
with first-person plural imperative deshilvanemos
	dative	not used	deshilvanémoste	deshilvanémosle	deshilvanémonos	deshilvanémoos	deshilvanémosles
	accusative	not used	deshilvanémoste	deshilvanémoslo, deshilvanémosla	deshilvanémonos	deshilvanémoos	deshilvanémoslos, deshilvanémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative deshilvanad
	dative	deshilvanadme	not used	deshilvanadle	deshilvanadnos	deshilvanaos	deshilvanadles
	accusative	deshilvanadme	not used	deshilvanadlo, deshilvanadla	deshilvanadnos	deshilvanaos	deshilvanadlos, deshilvanadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative deshilvanen
	dative	deshilvánenme	not used	deshilvánenle	deshilvánennos	not used	deshilvánenles, deshilvánense
	accusative	deshilvánenme	not used	deshilvánenlo, deshilvánenla	deshilvánennos	not used	deshilvánenlos, deshilvánenlas, deshilvánense

Derived terms

• deshilvanado

 

Related terms

• hilvanar

 

Further reading

• “deshilvanar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014