unscrew

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Etymology edit

Verb edit

unscrew (third-person singular simple present unscrews, present participle unscrewing, simple past and past participle unscrewed)

(transitive) To loosen a screw or thing by turning it.
I'm having some trouble unscrewing the lid of this jar.

Antonyms edit

screw

Translations edit

loosen a screw etc.

Bulgarian: отвивам (bg) (otvivam), развинтвам (bg) (razvintvam)
Danish: skrue ud
Finnish: ruuvata auki (of screws); kiertää auki (of something else, like a lid)
French: dévisser (fr)
Galician: desaparafusar
German: abschrauben (de), losschrauben (de)
Ido: desskrubagar (io), desvisar (io)
Italian: svitare (it)
Mongolian: эрэг сулрах (ereg sulrax)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: skru ut
Polish: odkręcać
Portuguese: desaparafusar, desparafusar
Romanian: deșuruba (ro)
Spanish: desatornillar (es), destornillar (es), desenroscar (es)