despedazar
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /despedaˈθaɾ/ [d̪es.pe.ð̞aˈθaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /despedaˈsaɾ/ [d̪es.pe.ð̞aˈsaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧pe‧da‧zar
Verb
[edit]despedazar (first-person singular present despedazo, first-person singular preterite despedacé, past participle despedazado)
- (transitive) to tear to pieces
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 38:
- El Cuero es un pulpo que se cría en el agua y tiene las dimensiones y el aspecto del pellejo de un animal vacuno perfectamente estirado. Su fuerza es tal, que puede arrastrar al fondo y despedazar a un mismo tiempo caballo y caballero.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- to break someone's heart
- to break the law
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of despedazar (c-z alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of despedazar (c-z alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “despedazar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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