Polyglot Dictionary

desembaraçar

/dezẽbaɾaˈsaɾ/

verb C1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (eu)
desembaraço
preterite (eu)
desembaracei
past participle
desembaraçado

Meaning

  1. to untangle

    • Desembaraçou o cabelo.

      She untangled her hair.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

entwirren

entwirren is the German word for the same thing — both mean "to untangle."

Spanish

desenredar

desenredar is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to untangle."

Practice

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