desternillar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ternilla. Related to English tender.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desteɾniˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʝaɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /desteɾniˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʎaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desteɾniˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʃaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desteɾniˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʒaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ter‧ni‧llar
Verb
[edit]desternillar (first-person singular present desternillo, first-person singular preterite desternillé, past participle desternillado)
- (transitive) to crack up (make laugh)
- (reflexive) to crack up, laugh one's head off
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of desternillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “desternillarse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014