Catalan

edit

Etymology

edit

From des- +‎ ballesta +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

desballestar (first-person singular present desballesto, first-person singular preterite desballestí, past participle desballestat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to take apart, dismantle
    Synonyms: desmuntar, desfer
    • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 2, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
      Les van desballestar allà mateix. A l'interior d'una barra de ferro de la meva bicicleta van trobar-hi la carta.
      They took them apart right there. Inside an iron bar of my bicycle they found the letter.
  2. (transitive) to salvage, to cannibalise (remove parts from a defective machine to use elsewhere)
  3. (transitive) to put out of order, to wreck
    Synonyms: desajustar, desgavellar
  4. (reflexive) to break down, (of a person) to have a breakdown
    Sembla que alguna cosa s'ha desballestat a la moto, ja que la bateria és nova.
    It seems like something has broken down in the motorcycle since the battery is new.

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit

Further reading

edit

Spanish

edit

Pronunciation

edit
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desbaʝesˈtaɾ/ [d̪ez.β̞a.ʝesˈt̪aɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /desbaʎesˈtaɾ/ [d̪ez.β̞a.ʎesˈt̪aɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desbaʃesˈtaɾ/ [d̪ez.β̞a.ʃesˈt̪aɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desbaʒesˈtaɾ/ [d̪ez.β̞a.ʒesˈt̪aɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧ba‧lles‧tar

Verb

edit

desballestar (first-person singular present desballesto, first-person singular preterite desballesté, past participle desballestado)

  1. to unsettle
    • 2015 November 6, “Entrevista”, in El País[1]:
      Recuerda, además, Zanón que vivía con sus padres y los cuatro abuelos: "Siempre había alguien en casa, era una estructura familiar que nos protegía y que ahora no existe: hoy los tienes en la residencia y para pagarlo has de trabajar 24 horas… Es absurdo: hay que romper con eso, se desballestan muchas cosas ¿Un discurso conservador?
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

edit

Further reading

edit