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desencanar.

to remove (water or another liquid) from a pipe

10 characters4 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/de.zẽ.kaˈna(ʁ)/Brazil[de.zẽ.kaˈna(h)]Brazil/de.zĩ.kaˈna(ʁ)/Brazil[de.zĩ.kaˈna(h)]Brazil
  1. to remove (water or another liquid) from a pipe

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old Galician-Portuguese des- Portuguese des- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Portuguese en- Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor. Latin canna Old Galician-Portuguese cana Portuguese cana Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Old Galician-Portuguese -o Portuguese -o Portuguese cano Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese encanar Portuguese desencanar From des- + encanar.

verb/de.zẽ.kaˈna(ʁ)/Brazil[de.zẽ.kaˈna(h)]Brazil/de.zĩ.kaˈna(ʁ)/Brazil[de.zĩ.kaˈna(h)]Brazil
  1. to stop worrying (about something)

    Brazil · colloquial · intransitive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old Galician-Portuguese des- Portuguese des- Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old Galician-Portuguese en- Portuguese en- Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor. Latin canna Old Galician-Portuguese cana Portuguese cana Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old Galician-Portuguese -ar Portuguese -ar Portuguese encanar Portuguese desencanar From des- + encanar.

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