desmanchar

Portuguese

Borrowed from Old French desmancher (“to remove a tool’s handle”), from des- (“un-; dis-”) + manche (“handle”) + -ar. Cognate with French démancher.

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [dez.mɐ̃ˈʃa(h)], /d͡ʒiz.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mɐ̃ˈʃa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /dez.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [deʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃa(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃaɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃa.ɾi/

desmanchar (first-person singular present desmancho, first-person singular preterite desmanchei, past participle desmanchado)

to disassemble (to undo something piece by piece)
Synonym: desmontar

Desmancharam o carro para reutilizar as peças.
They disassembled the car to reuse the parts.
to unmake; to destroy
Synonym: desfazer

O vento desmanchou seu penteado.
The wind unmade her hairdo.

Suas mentiras desmancharam seu casamento.
His lies destroyed his marriage.
- 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “O menino mais novo [The Younger Boy]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 74:
  Algumas eram carneirinhos, mas desmanchavam-se e tornavam-se bichos differentes.
  Some were little lambs, but they broke apart and became different creatures.

Conjugation of desmanchar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.