despir
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin expedīre (“to dispatch”), with the prefix reinterpreted as des-. Cognate with Galician espir.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: des‧pir
Verb edit
despir (first-person singular present dispo, third-person singular present despe, first-person singular preterite despi, past participle despido)
- (transitive, formal) to undress (to remove somebody’s clothes)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of despir (i-e alternation in present singular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)