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descubrir
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desgracia
- descubrir [irr] to discover Descubrimos que todo era mentira. We discovered that it was all a lie. ▲ to disclose, show, make clear Descubrió sus intenciones. He disclosed his intentions.
○ descubrirse to take off one's hat. - descuento discount; deduction.
- descuidado (see descuidar) sloppy, slovenly, unclean. ▲ unaware, off guard. ▲ careless, negligent No seas tan descuidado en tu trabajo. Don't be careless in your work.
- descuidar to neglect Descuidó mucho su trabajo. He neglected his work.
|| Descuida, yo me encargo de eso. Don't worry, I'll take care of that. - descuido carelessness, negligence.
○ al descuido carelessly Hace todo al descuido. He does everything carelessly. ○ en un descuido when least expected [Mex] En un descuido llega. He turns up when least expected. - desde from Le vi desde lejos. I saw him from a distance. ▲ since Vivo en esta casa desde el mes pasado. I've been living in this house since last month.
○ desde ahora from now on. ○ desde entonces since then Desde entonces he cambiado mucho. I've changed a lot since then. ○ desde hace for Le conozco desde hace muchos años. I've known him for many years. ○ desde luego of course ¡Desde luego Uds. vendrán con nosotros! Of course you're coming with us! ○ desde que (ever) since Desde que la conocí la quiero. I've loved her ever since I met her. ○ desde un principio from the beginning Desde un principio me pareció que estaba equivocado. It seemed to me from the beginning that he was mistaken. - desdén [m] scorn.
- desdicha misfortune.
- desdichado unhappy, unfortunate Fué un accidente desdichado. It was an unfortunate accident.
- desdoblar to unfold.
- desear to desire, want, like Deseo verle cuanto antes. I want to see you as soon as possible.
- desechar to reject Desecharon su propuesta. They rejected his proposal. ▲ to put aside Deseche Ud. esos temores. Put aside those fears.
- desembarcar to unload, put ashore Estaban desembarcando las mercancías. They were unloading the goods. ▲ to land, disembark Cuando desembarcamos vimos a nuestro amigo en el muelle. When we landed we saw our friend on the pier.
- desembarco landing, disembarkation.
- desembocar to flow, or empty, into Ese río desemboca en el Pacífico. That river flows into the Pacific. ▲ to end, lead No'sé donde desemboca esa calle. I don't know where that street leads.
- desembolsar to pay out.
- desempacar to unpack [Am] Tengo que desempacar el equipaje. I have to unpack my luggage.
- desempeñar to carry out Desempeñó muy bien su misión. He carried out his mission very well.
- desenfrenado wild Lleva una vida desenfrenada. He leads a wild life.
- desengañar to set right, undeceive.
○ desengañarse to be disillusioned, not to fool oneself Desengáñate, no te quiere. Don't fool yourself, he doesn't love you. ○ estar desengañado to be disappointed or disillusioned Están muy desengañados después de lo ocurrido. They were disillusioned after what happened. - desengaño disappointment, disillusion.
- desentendido ○ hacerse el desentendido to pretend not to know.
- desenterrar [rad-ch I] to dig up.
- desenvolver [rad-ch I] to unwrap Voy a desenvolver el paquete. I'm going to unwrap the package.
- desenvuelto (see desenvolver) forward; free and easy.
- deseo desire, wish No puede refrenar sus deseos. He can't control his desires.
○ tener deseo de to be eager to Tengo muchos deseos de verle. I'm very eager to see him. - deseoso desirous, eager.
- desertor [m] deserter.
- desesperación [f] desperation.
- desesperanza despair.
- desesperar to despair, lose hope El médico desespera de salvarle. The doctor's losing hope of saving him. ▲ to drive crazy Me desesperó con su insistencia. He drove me crazy with his insistence.
- desespero despair.
- desfallecer [-zc-] to be on the verge of collapse, grow weak, break down.
- desfavorable unfavorable.
- desfigurar to disfigure, deform.
- desfilar to parade.
- desfile [m] parade.
- desganado having no appetite.
- desgarrar to tear, rip.
- desgracia misfortune Tuvo la desgracia de perder todo su dinero. He had the misfortune to lose all his money. ▲ sorrow, grief Trataban de consolarla en
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