deixatar

• aixatar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dēexaptāre (“undo, untie”), from dē- + *exaptāre from ex- + aptō (“to fasten, to fit”). Cognate with Spanish desatar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [də.ʃəˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [dej.ʃaˈtaɾ]

deixatar (first-person singular present deixato, first-person singular preterite deixatí, past participle deixatat)

1. (transitive) to dissolve, to dilute
2. (reflexive, figurative) to thin out, to lose strength or effectiveness

• xató

• “deixatar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007