desabrochar

v.

1 to undo.

2 to unbuckle, to undo, to unfasten, to unpin.

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desabrochar

► verbo transitivo

1 to undo, unfasten

► verbo pronominal desabrocharse

1 (una prenda) to come undone, come unfastened

■ la camisa se me desabrochó my shirt came undone

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1. VT

1) [+ camisa] to unbutton, undo; [+ cremallera, bragueta, zapatos] to undo

¿me puedes desabrochar el collar? — can you undo o unfasten my necklace?

2) [+ secreto, misterio] to penetrate

2.

See:

desabrocharse

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1.

verbo transitivo <prenda/zapatos/pulsera> to undo

¿me desabrochas? — can you undo me? (colloq)

2.

desabrocharse v pron

a) prenda to come undone

b) (refl) persona <camisa/abrigo> to undo

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= undo, unbutton.

Ex. The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.

Ex. First the women undressed, pulled on their bathing dresses and covered their heads in hideous caps like sponge bags; then the children were unbuttoned.

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* desabrocharse = come + undone, come + loose.

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1.

verbo transitivo <prenda/zapatos/pulsera> to undo

¿me desabrochas? — can you undo me? (colloq)

2.

desabrocharse v pron

a) prenda to come undone

b) (refl) persona <camisa/abrigo> to undo

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= undo, unbutton.

Ex: The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.

Ex: First the women undressed, pulled on their bathing dresses and covered their heads in hideous caps like sponge bags; then the children were unbuttoned.

* desabrocharse = come + undone, come + loose.

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desabrochar [A1 ]

vt

‹prenda/zapatos/pulsera› to undo

¿me desabrochas? can you undo me? (colloq)

■ desabrocharse

v pron

1 «prenda» to come undone

2 (refl) «persona» ‹camisa/abrigo› to undo

desabróchate el primer botón undo your top button

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desabrochar (conjugate desabrochar) verbo transitivo ‹prenda/zapatos/pulsera› to undo;

◊ ¿me desabrochas? can you undo me? (colloq)

desabrocharse verbo pronominal

a) [prenda] to come undone

b) (refl) [persona] ‹camisa/abrigo› to undo

desabrochar verbo transitivo to undo
'desabrochar' also found in these entries:
English:
unbutton
- undo
- unfasten
- unhook
- unbuckle

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desabrochar

♦ vt

to undo

♦ See also the pronominal verb desabrocharse

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desabrochar

v/t undo, unfasten;

desabrochar el cinturón AVIA unfasten one’s safety belt

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desabrochar vt

: to unbutton, to undo

♦ See also the reflexive verb desabrocharse

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desabrochar vb to undo [pt. undid; pp. undone]