Pronúncia: dəsfé
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verb transitiu
- to undo, unmake.
- mecànica etc. to take apart.
- to pull to pieces.
- [paquet] to undo, unpack, unwrap.
- [bagul] to unpack.
- [nus] to undo, untie.
- [costura] to unpick.
- [glaç, etc.] to melt, dissolve.
- [persona, economia, etc.] to shatter
- [enemic] to shatter, rout, put to flight.
- [contrari, oponent, rival] to defeat.
- [tractat, etc.] to break, violate.
- [pentinat] to muss.
- desfer en aigua un terròs de sucre to dissolve a lump of sugar in water.
- la pluja va desfer el sostre the rain damaged the roof. verb pronominal
- to come undone.
- to come apart.
- to fall to pieces.
- to break up.
- to come untied.
- to melt, dissolve.
- to be shattered, disintegrate.
- to vanish.
- desfer-se d’alguna cosa to get rid of something.
- no me’n vull pas desfer I don’t want to part with it.
- desfer-se en llàgrimes figuradament to burst into tears, to dissolve in(to) tears.
- desfer-se en compliments to pay lavish compliments, come out with extravagant courtesies.
- (ídem) to overdo the politeness.