Polyglot Dictionary

desafinar

/dezafiˈnaɾ/

verb B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
desafino
preterite (eu)
desafinei
past participle
desafinado

Meaning

  1. to go out of tune

    • O violão desafinou.

      The guitar went out of tune.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

afinar

afinar means "to tune," to bring into tune; desafinar means "to go out of tune" — an opposite direction pair worth knowing together.

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