desordenar

From des- +‎ ordenar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.zur.dəˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.zor.dəˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.zoɾ.ðeˈnaɾ]
• Homophone: desordenà
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

desordenar (first-person singular present desordeno, first-person singular preterite desordení, past participle desordenat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (transitive, pronominal) to mess up, to untidy

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

From des- +‎ ordenar.

desordenar (first-person singular present desordeno, first-person singular preterite desordenei, past participle desordenado)

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   Synonym: desorganizar

   Antonym: ordenar

From des- +‎ ordenar or desorden +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /desoɾdeˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.soɾ.ð̞eˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sor‧de‧nar

desordenar (first-person singular present desordeno, first-person singular preterite desordené, past participle desordenado)

1. (transitive) to mess up; to make less tidy

   Antonym: ordenar

   • 2013, El sueño de Morfeo, Después de ti:

     Quise olvidarte, lo intenté, y vuelves sin querer con más fuerza, con la intensidad de un huracán, una tormenta, una tempestad, creando confusión, desordenándome el corazón

     I meant to forget you, I tried, and you return inadvertently, with more force, with the intensity of a hurricane, a storm, a tempest, creating confusion, making a mess of my heart

• “desordenar”, 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