desentrañar

Spanish

Etymology

Compare obsolete English disentrail.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desentɾaˈɲaɾ/ [d̪e.sẽn̪.t̪ɾaˈɲaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧sen‧tra‧ñar

Verb

desentrañar (first-person singular present desentraño, first-person singular preterite desentrañé, past participle desentrañado)

  1. (transitive) to disembowel
    Synonym: destripar
  2. (transitive) to fathom, make sense of, untangle
    Synonyms: averiguar, descifrar

Conjugation

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