desarmar

v.

1 to disarm (quitar las armas).

El soldado desarmó al enemigo The soldier disarmed the enemy.

2 to take apart, to dismantle.

El desarmó el juguete He took the toy apart.

3 to render powerless, to disarm.

Su fuerza desarmó al ogro His strength rendered the ogre powerless.

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desarmar

► verbo transitivo

1 (quitar las armas) to disarm

2 (desmontar) to dismantle, take apart, take to pieces

■ el mecánico desmontó el motor the mechanic stripped the engine down

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verb

to disarm

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1. VT

1) (Mil) to disarm

2) (=desmontar) [+ juguete] to take apart, take to pieces; [+ rompecabezas] to break up; [+ tienda de campaña] to take down; [+ estantería, mueble] to dismantle, take apart; [+ remos] to ship; [+ barco] to lay up; [+ barrera] to remove, take down

3) (=dejar sin argumentos) [+ persona] to disarm; [+ ira] to calm

2.

VI to disarm

3.

See:

desarmarse

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verbo transitivo

1) <mueble/mecanismo> to dismantle, take apart; <carpa> (AmL) to take down; <rifle/motor> to strip (down); <rompecabezas> to take ... to pieces, break up; <juguete/maqueta> to take ... apart, take ... to pieces

2)

a) (quitar armas) to disarm

b) (dejar sin argumentos) to disarm

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= pull + Nombre + to bits, take + Nombre + to bits, disarm.

Ex. Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex. The bronze gearing was far too corroded to be taken to bits, cleaned up, and made to work.

Ex. A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff.

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verbo transitivo

1) <mueble/mecanismo> to dismantle, take apart; <carpa> (AmL) to take down; <rifle/motor> to strip (down); <rompecabezas> to take ... to pieces, break up; <juguete/maqueta> to take ... apart, take ... to pieces

2)

a) (quitar armas) to disarm

b) (dejar sin argumentos) to disarm

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= pull + Nombre + to bits, take + Nombre + to bits, disarm.

Ex: Microscopists think very little about plucking an innocent and unsuspecting insect from the garden, killing it, and pulling it to bits for study under a microscope.

Ex: The bronze gearing was far too corroded to be taken to bits, cleaned up, and made to work.

Ex: A Serbian man who stormed into the Serbian presidential building with two hand grenades was disarmed by the police after a five-hour standoff.

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desarmar [A1 ]

vt

A

1 ‹aparato› to dismantle, strip down, take … to pieces; ‹mueble› to dismantle; ‹rifle› to strip down

2 ‹tienda de campaña› to take down, strike

3 ‹rompecabezas/puzzle› to take … to pieces, break up; ‹juguete/maqueta› to take … apart, take … to pieces

4 (Chi) ‹coche/barco/maquinaria› to scrap

B

1 ‹criminal/contrincante› to disarm

2 (en un debate, una discusión) to disarm

■ desarmarse

v pron

A «rompecabezas/móvil» to come apart, fall to pieces o bits (colloq)

B (Mil) to disarm

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desarmar (conjugate desarmar) verbo transitivo
1 ‹mueble/mecanismo› to dismantle;
‹carpa› (AmL) to take down;
‹rifle/motor› to strip (down);
‹rompecabezas› to take … to pieces, break up;
‹juguete/maqueta› to take … apart
2

a) (quitar armas) to disarm

b) (dejar sin argumentos) to disarm

desarmar verbo transitivo
1 (un mueble, juguete, etc) to dismantle, take to pieces
2 Mil to disarm: un policía logró desarmar al secuestrador, a policeman managed to disarm the kidnapper
3 (a una persona) to disarm: nos desarmó con sus magníficos argumentos, she won us over with her convincing line of argument
'desarmar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deshacer
- desmontar
English:
bit
- disarm
- piece

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desarmar

♦ vt

1. [quitar las armas a] to disarm

2. [desmontar] to take apart, to dismantle;

desarmar una tienda de campaña to take down a tent

3. [desconcertar] to disarm;

intento reñirla, pero su sonrisa me desarma I try to tell her off, but her smile disarms me

♦ See also the pronominal verb desarmarse

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desarmar

v/t

1 MIL disarm

2 TÉC take to pieces, dismantle

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desarmar vt

1) : to disarm

2) desmontar: to disassemble, to take apart