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desballestar.

to take apart, dismantle

12 characters4 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[dəz.bə.ʎəsˈta]Balearic, Central, Northern[dez.ba.ʎesˈtaɾ]Valencia[dez.ba.ʎesˈta]Northwestern
  1. to take apart, dismantle

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · transitive
  2. to salvage, to cannibalise (remove parts from a defective machine to use elsewhere)

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · transitive
  3. to put out of order, to wreck

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · transitive
  4. to break down, (of a person) to have a breakdown

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · reflexive
    Sembla que alguna cosa s'ha desballestat a la moto, ja que la bateria és nova.
Where this word comes from

From des- + ballesta + -ar.

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