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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /desentenˈdeɾse/ [d̪e.sẽn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ.se]
  • Rhymes: -eɾse
  • Syllabification: de‧sen‧ten‧der‧se

Verb edit

desentenderse (first-person singular present me desentiendo, first-person singular preterite me desentendí, past participle desentendido)

  1. to not want to have anything to do with, wash one's hands of
    Synonym: desconocer
    • 2015 July 29, “La diplomacia del ‘procés’”, in El País[1]:
      No es que se desentiendan o pretendan adoptar una posición neutral, sino que el mensaje que transmiten es que no interesa, ni desde los valores ni desde los intereses nacionales.
      It's not that they disengage or try to be neutral, but that they give off a sense of disinterest, neither in the values nor in the national interests.

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