desmanchar
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Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Old French desmancher (“to remove a tool’s handle”), from des- (“un-; dis-”) + manche (“handle”) + -ar. Cognate with French démancher.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: des‧man‧char
Verb[edit]
desmanchar (first-person singular present desmancho, first-person singular preterite desmanchei, past participle desmanchado)
- to disassemble (to undo something piece by piece)
- Synonym: desmontar
- Desmancharam o carro para reutilizar as peças.
- They disassembled the car to reuse the parts.
- to unmake; to destroy
- Synonym: desfazer
- O vento desmanchou seu penteado.
- The wind unmade her hairdo.
- Suas mentiras desmancharam seu casamento.
- His lies destroyed his marriage.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of desmanchar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.