desconchar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deskonˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [d̪es.kõnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧con‧char

Verb

desconchar (first-person singular present desconcho, first-person singular preterite desconché, past participle desconchado)

  1. to chip; to damage the surface of something
  2. to peel off
    • 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
      Dicho club estaba en los fondos de la casa de Enrique, frente a una letrineja de muros negruzcos y revoques desconchados, y consistía en una estrecha pieza de madera polvorienta, de cuyo techo de tablas pendían largas telas de araña.
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