desbastar

From des- +‎ bast +‎ -ar.

desbastar (first-person singular present desbasto, first-person singular preterite desbastí, past participle desbastat)

1. (transitive) to smooth

• desbast

• “desbastar”, 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
• “desbastar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “desbastar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “desbastar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From des- +‎ bastar.

desbastar (first-person singular present desbasto, first-person singular preterite desbastei, past participle desbastado)

1. (transitive) to thin out (to make sparser)
2. (transitive) to hew; to whittle (to cut or shape wood)

From des- +‎ basto (“rough”) +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /desbasˈtaɾ/ [d̪ez.β̞asˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧bas‧tar

desbastar (first-person singular present desbasto, first-person singular preterite desbasté, past participle desbastado)

1. to smooth

• desasnar

• “desbastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024