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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French déconstruire; By surface analysis, des- +‎ construir.

Pronunciation edit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kõs.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [des.kõs.tɾʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõsˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [des.kõsˈtɾwi(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõs.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõs.tɾʊˈi(h)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.kõsˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõsˈtɾwi(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.kõs.tɾuˈi(ɾ)/ [des.kõs.tɾʊˈi(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõsˈtɾwi(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.kõs.tɾuˈi(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõs.tɾʊˈi(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒis.kõsˈtɾwi(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.kõʃ.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kõʃ.tɾʊˈi(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /deʃ.kõʃˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kõʃˈtɾwi(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõʃ.tɾuˈi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõʃ.tɾʊˈi(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒiʃ.kõʃˈtɾwi(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõʃˈtɾwi(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kõs.tɾuˈi(ɻ)/ [des.kõs.tɾʊˈi(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /des.kõsˈtɾwi(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kõʃ.tɾuˈiɾ/, (faster pronunciation) /dɨʃ.kõʃˈtɾwiɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kõʃ.tɾuˈi.ɾi/, (faster pronunciation) /dɨʃ.kõʃˈtɾwi.ɾi/

Verb edit

desconstruir (first-person singular present desconstruo, first-person singular preterite desconstruí, past participle desconstruído) (transitive)

  1. to take apart (something built)
  2. (philosophy, literature) to deconstruct

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Verb edit

desconstruir (first-person singular present desconstruyo, first-person singular preterite desconstruí, past participle desconstruido)

  1. Alternative spelling of deconstruir
    • 2017 July, “Bienal de Venecia, toda una fiesta que se disfruta al máximo”, in El Deber Bolivia[1]:
      Mi obra se llama Paisaje Marka, y está formado por una instalación de 12 dibujos en formatos variables y dos esculturas  de toros, que las dejé en apariencia incompletas, para plantear la acción constante de desconstruir y reconstruir la identidad  mestiza.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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