Polyglot Dictionary

desunir

/desuˈniɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
desuno
preterite (yo)
desuní
past participle
desunido

Meaning

  1. to divide

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

fraccionar

fraccionar means to divide into fractions or parts, like splitting a payment into installments; desunir specifically implies separating or disuniting people or things that were together.

dividir

dividir is the general word "to divide," like in math or splitting something; desunir specifically implies separating or disuniting people or things that were together.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

desunir

desunir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to divide."

Portuguese

fracionar

fracionar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to divide."

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