From des- (negation prefix) + hilvanar (“to baste or stitch together”).
- IPA(key): /desilbaˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.sil.β̞aˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧hil‧va‧nar
deshilvanar (first-person singular present deshilvano, first-person singular preterite deshilvané, past participle deshilvanado)
- (transitive) to untack
2002 November 21, “Manual de instrucciones inservibles”, in El Tiempo[1]:Junca, de 34 años, deshilvana una serie de guantes negros de lana, que descansan en el piso, y los convierte, paradójicamente, en instrucciones de uso.- Junca, who is 34, untacks a series of black wool gloves, which rest on the floor, and he turns them, paradoxically, into directions for use.
- (transitive) to remove basting threads from
- (by extension, transitive) to unravel (to clear from complication or difficulty)
2016 December 11, “Falleció Pedro Cajías, un querido personaje paceño”, in Página Siete[2], archived from the original on 24 April 2018:Fue un hombre que trató de deshilvanar algunas de las hipocresías de la ciudad.- He was a man who tried to unravel some of the city's hypocrisies.
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of deshilvanar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive deshilvanar
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dative
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deshilvanarme
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deshilvanarte
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deshilvanarle, deshilvanarse
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deshilvanarnos
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deshilvanaros
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deshilvanarles, deshilvanarse
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accusative
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deshilvanarme
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deshilvanarte
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deshilvanarlo, deshilvanarla, deshilvanarse
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deshilvanarnos
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deshilvanaros
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deshilvanarlos, deshilvanarlas, deshilvanarse
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with gerund deshilvanando
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dative
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deshilvanándome
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deshilvanándote
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deshilvanándole, deshilvanándose
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deshilvanándonos
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deshilvanándoos
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deshilvanándoles, deshilvanándose
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accusative
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deshilvanándome
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deshilvanándote
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deshilvanándolo, deshilvanándola, deshilvanándose
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deshilvanándonos
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deshilvanándoos
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deshilvanándolos, deshilvanándolas, deshilvanándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative deshilvana
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dative
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deshilváname
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deshilvánate
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deshilvánale
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deshilvánanos
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not used
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deshilvánales
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accusative
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deshilváname
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deshilvánate
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deshilvánalo, deshilvánala
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deshilvánanos
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not used
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deshilvánalos, deshilvánalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative deshilvaná
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dative
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deshilvaname
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deshilvanate
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deshilvanale
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deshilvananos
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not used
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deshilvanales
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accusative
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deshilvaname
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deshilvanate
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deshilvanalo, deshilvanala
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deshilvananos
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not used
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deshilvanalos, deshilvanalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative deshilvane
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dative
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deshilváneme
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not used
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deshilvánele, deshilvánese
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deshilvánenos
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not used
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deshilváneles
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accusative
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deshilváneme
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not used
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deshilvánelo, deshilvánela, deshilvánese
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deshilvánenos
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not used
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deshilvánelos, deshilvánelas
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with first-person plural imperative deshilvanemos
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dative
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not used
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deshilvanémoste
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deshilvanémosle
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deshilvanémonos
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deshilvanémoos
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deshilvanémosles
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accusative
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not used
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deshilvanémoste
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deshilvanémoslo, deshilvanémosla
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deshilvanémonos
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deshilvanémoos
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deshilvanémoslos, deshilvanémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative deshilvanad
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dative
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deshilvanadme
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not used
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deshilvanadle
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deshilvanadnos
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deshilvanaos
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deshilvanadles
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accusative
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deshilvanadme
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not used
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deshilvanadlo, deshilvanadla
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deshilvanadnos
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deshilvanaos
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deshilvanadlos, deshilvanadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative deshilvanen
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dative
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deshilvánenme
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not used
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deshilvánenle
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deshilvánennos
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not used
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deshilvánenles, deshilvánense
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accusative
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deshilvánenme
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not used
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deshilvánenlo, deshilvánenla
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deshilvánennos
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not used
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deshilvánenlos, deshilvánenlas, deshilvánense
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