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desahogar
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Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
desahogar (first-person singular present desahogo, first-person singular preterite desahogué, past participle desahogado)
- to unburden, to relieve
- to vent, to rant, to violently express one's feelings
- 1997, Roberto Bolaño, “La nieve”, in Llamadas telefónicas [Last Evenings on Earth]:
- Me hubiera gustado tener entonces un amigo con el que hablar y desahogarme.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (pronominal) to blow off steam, to let off steam, to pour one's heart out, to get off one's chest
Conjugation
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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Further reading
- “desahogar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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