desmanchar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French desmancher (“to remove a tool’s handle”), from des- (“un-; dis-”) + manche (“handle”) + -ar. Cognate with French démancher.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [dez.mɐ̃ˈʃa(h)], /d͡ʒiz.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mɐ̃ˈʃa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /dez.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [deʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃa(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.mɐ̃ˈʃa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃaɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.mɐ̃ˈt͡ʃaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.mɐ̃ˈʃa.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: des‧man‧char

Verb

desmanchar (first-person singular present desmancho, first-person singular preterite desmanchei, past participle desmanchado)

  1. to disassemble (to undo something piece by piece)
    Synonym: desmontar
    Desmancharam o carro para reutilizar as peças.
    They disassembled the car to reuse the parts.
  2. to unmake; to destroy
    Synonym: desfazer
    O vento desmanchou seu penteado.
    The wind unmade her hairdo.
    Suas mentiras desmancharam seu casamento.
    His lies destroyed his marriage.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of desmanchar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal desmanchar
Personal desmanchar desmanchares desmanchar desmancharmos desmanchardes desmancharem
Gerund
desmanchando
Past participle
Masculine desmanchado desmanchados
Feminine desmanchada desmanchadas
Indicative
Present desmancho desmanchas desmancha desmanchamos desmanchais desmancham
Imperfect desmanchava desmanchavas desmanchava desmanchávamos desmancháveis desmanchavam
Preterite desmanchei desmanchaste desmanchou desmanchamos1, desmanchámos2 desmanchastes desmancharam
Pluperfect desmanchara desmancharas desmanchara desmancháramos desmancháreis desmancharam
Future desmancharei desmancharás desmanchará desmancharemos desmanchareis desmancharão
Conditional desmancharia desmancharias desmancharia desmancharíamos desmancharíeis desmanchariam
Subjunctive
Present desmanche desmanches desmanche desmanchemos desmancheis desmanchem
Imperfect desmanchasse desmanchasses desmanchasse desmanchássemos desmanchásseis desmanchassem
Future desmanchar desmanchares desmanchar desmancharmos desmanchardes desmancharem
Imperative
Affirmative desmancha desmanche desmanchemos desmanchai desmanchem
Negative (não) não desmanches não desmanche não desmanchemos não desmancheis não desmanchem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Derived terms
  • desmancha-dúvidas
  • desmancha-prazeres
  • desmancha-samba
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