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trabajo, descanse Ud. un rato. When you finish this work, rest for a while.

• descanso rest, let-up Trabaja sin descanso. He works without let-up. ^▲ relief ¡Qué descanso me da haber terminado eso! What a relief to be finished with that! ^▲ intermission Iremos a su palco en el descanso. We'll come to your box during the intermission. ^▲ landing (of staircase).
• descarado impudent, saucy, fresh.
• descargar to unload Varios hombres descargaban el camión. Several men were unloading the truck. ^▲ to free (from an obligation or debt) Le han descargado de esas obligaciones. They've freed him from those obligations. ^▲ to burst, strike (as a storm) La tormenta va a descargar de un momento a otro. The storm's going to strike any minute.
• descargo unloading, unburdening.
• descartar to discard, eliminate Hay que descartar esa posibilidad. You have to eliminate that possibility.
  ⁠○ descartarse (de) to discard (at cards) Me he descartado de un rey. I discarded a king.
• destendencia descendants Su descendencia llegó a ser ilustre. His descendants came to be well known.
• descender [rad-ch I] to go down, descend Esa carretera desciende hasta el mar. That road goes down to the sea. ^▲ to be descended Creo que descienden de una familia francesa. I think they're descended from a French family. ^▲ to descend, come down El avión descendió rápidamente. The airplane came down rapidly. ^▲ to drop, decrease La temperatura está descendiendo. The temperature's dropping.
• descendiente [m, f] descendant.
• descenso descent, going down El descenso era muy peligroso. The descent was very dangerous. ^▲ fall, decrease Durante varios años hubo un descenso en la natalidad. There was a fall in the birth rate for several years.
• descifrar to decipher, make out.
• descolgar to take down Ayúdeme a descolgar este cuadro. Help me take down this picture.
• descolorido faded La tela está muy descolorida. The cloth's very faded. ^▲ pale Después de la enfermedad se quedó muy descolorido. He was very pale after his illness.
• descomedido impolite, rude Es un muchacho muy descomedido. He's very impolite.
• descomponer [irr] to upset Eso descompuso todos nuestros planes. That upset all our plans. ^▲ to put out of order Los niños descompusieron el radio. The children put the radio out of order.
  ⁠○ descomponerse to dislocate Se ha descompuesto un brazo. He's dislocated his arm. ^▲ to get out of order El teléfono se descompuso. The telephone got out of order. ^▲ to spoil, rot Por el calor se ha descompuesto la comida. The food's spoiled because of the heat. ^▲ to get very angry, lose one's temper Al oír aquello, se descompuso. When he heard that he got very angry. ^▲ to lose one's looks [Mex] Con la enfermedad se ha descompuesto mucho. On account of her illness she's lost a lot of her good looks.
• descompuesto (see descomponer) out of order; spoiled.
• desconcertar [rad-ch I] to disturb, confuse La pregunta le desconcertó mucho. The question confused him.
• desconfianza distrust.
• desconfiar de to distrust, suspect No tiene Ud. razón para desconfiar de él. You have no reason to distrust him. ^▲ to have little hope of El médico desconfiaba de poder salvarlo. The doctor had little hope of saving him.
• desconocer [-zc-] to disregard, ignore Desconoce las reglas de la etiqueta. He ignores the rules of etiquette.
• desconocido (see desconocer) unknown, strange Es difícil orientarse en una ciudad desconocida. It's difficult to find one's way around in a strange city. ^▲ [n] stranger Se le acercó un desconocido. ^▲ stranger approached him.
• desconsideración [f] inconsiderateness ¡Eso es mucha desconsideración! That's very inconsiderate.
• desconsolado disconsolate.
• descontado See descontar. ○ dar por descontado to take for granted.
• descontar [rad-ch I] to deduct Descuente Ud. de esa cantidad los gastos de viaje. Deduct the traveling expenses from that amount.
• descontento dissatisfied, displeased Estaban muy descontentos de su trabajo. They were dissatisfied with his work. ^▲ [m] dissatisfaction.
• descortés discourteous, rude.
• describir to describe.
• descripción [f] description.
• descrito See describir.
• descubierto See descubrir.
• descubrimiento discovery.

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