desenrugar

Portuguese

From des- +‎ en- +‎ ruga (“wrinkle”) +‎ -ar, from Latin rūga (“wrinkle”).

(Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [de.zẽ.huˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.huˈɡa(h)], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.huˈɡa(h)], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.huˈɡa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁuˈɡa(ɾ)/ [de.zẽ.huˈɡa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁuˈɡa(ɾ)/ [de.zĩ.huˈɡa(ɾ)], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁuˈɡa(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.huˈɡa(ɾ)], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁuˈɡa(ɾ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.huˈɡa(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [de.zẽ.χuˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.χuˈɡa(χ)], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.ʁuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.χuˈɡa(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.ʁuˈɡa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.χuˈɡa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.ʁuˈɡa(ɻ)/ [de.zẽ.huˈɡa(ɻ)], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.ʁuˈɡa(ɻ)/ [de.zĩ.huˈɡa(ɻ)]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽ.ʁuˈɡaɾ/ [dɨ.zẽ.ʁuˈɣaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽ.ʁuˈɡa.ɾi/ [dɨ.zẽ.ʁuˈɣa.ɾi]

desenrugar (first-person singular present desenrugo, first-person singular preterite desenruguei, past participle desenrugado)

to unwrinkle (to remove wrinlkes from; To stop being wrinkly; to become flat or smooth)
Antonyms: enrugar, desencarquilhar

Conjugation of desenrugar (g-gu alternation) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.