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desbotar
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Galician
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
desbotar (first-person singular present desboto, first-person singular preterite desbotei, past participle desbotado)
- to discard
- Synonym: refugar
- to reject
- Synonym: rexeitar
- 1863, Rosalía de Castro, Cantares Gallegos, Vigo: J. Compañel, page 17:
- Cómo m'hei d'ir e deixarte, si ca lengua me desbotas e co coraçón me atraes?
- How would I go and leave you, if with your tongue you reject me, and with you heart you lure me forth?
- to detach
Conjugation
1Less recommended.
Related terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “desbotar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “desbotar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “desbotar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2025
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “desbotar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
desbotar (first-person singular present desboto, first-person singular preterite desbotei, past participle desbotado)
- (intransitive) to fade (become faint in hue or tint)
- (transitive) to fade (cause to fade)
Conjugation
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “desbotar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “desbotar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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