desatornillar
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From des- + atornillar, from tornillo, from torno, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), from Proto-Indo-European *torh₂no-, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, bore, twist”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desatoɾniˈʝaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.t̪oɾ.niˈʝaɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /desatoɾniˈʎaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.t̪oɾ.niˈʎaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desatoɾniˈʃaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.t̪oɾ.niˈʃaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desatoɾniˈʒaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.t̪oɾ.niˈʒaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧sa‧tor‧ni‧llar
Verb edit
desatornillar (first-person singular present desatornillo, first-person singular preterite desatornillé, past participle desatornillado)
- (transitive) to unscrew
- Antonym: atornillar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of desatornillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading edit
- “desatornillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014