desentonar

v.

1 to sing out of tune (Music) (cantante).

2 to clash (color, cortinas, edificio).

3 to be out of place (persona, modales).

4 to humble, to wound the pride of anyone.

5 to be out of tune, to be inharmonious.

6 to be of a coarse address, to be rude or uncouth; to raise one’s voice in disrespect.

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desentonar

► verbo intransitivo

1 MÚSICA (instrumento) to be out of tune; (cantante) to sing out of tune

2 figurado (combinar) not to match (con, -)

■ esos calcetines desentonan con tus zapatos those socks don't match your shoes

3 figurado (estar fuera de lugar) to be out of place, not to fit in (con, with)

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verb

1) to clash

2) be out of tune

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1. VI

1) (=no encajar) [persona, comentario] to be out of place; [colores] to clash (con with)

para no desentonar — so as to do the right thing, so as to fall into line

el edificio desentona con el entorno — the building doesn't fit in with the surroundings

2) (Mús) to be out of tune

2.

See:

desentonarse

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verbo intransitivo

a) (Mús) to go out of tune o off key

b) color to clash

desentonar con algo — to clash with something

c) atuendo/comentario to be out of place

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= stick out like + a sore thumb, out of keeping with, out of tune with, sing out of + tune.

Ex. Many of us disabled can't help sticking out like a sore thumb -- it goes with the territory.

Ex. Even so, the 'comical' closing scene is out of keeping with the overall mood of the picture.

Ex. Quite often she feels out of tune with reality, the media, society, and she's comfortable with that.

Ex. A jobless man was shot dead by a security guard for singing out of tune in a karaoke bar, police said Thursday.

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verbo intransitivo

a) (Mús) to go out of tune o off key

b) color to clash

desentonar con algo — to clash with something

c) atuendo/comentario to be out of place

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= stick out like + a sore thumb, out of keeping with, out of tune with, sing out of + tune.

Ex: Many of us disabled can't help sticking out like a sore thumb -- it goes with the territory.

Ex: Even so, the 'comical' closing scene is out of keeping with the overall mood of the picture.

Ex: Quite often she feels out of tune with reality, the media, society, and she's comfortable with that.

Ex: A jobless man was shot dead by a security guard for singing out of tune in a karaoke bar, police said Thursday.

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desentonar [A1 ]

vi

1 (Mús) to go out of tune o off key

2 «color» to clash desentonar CON algo to clash WITH sth

ese color desentona con éste that color doesn't go with o clashes with this one

3 «atuendo/comentario» to be out of place

siempre dice algo que desentona he always says something inappropriate o out of place

para no desentonar me vestí de largo I wore a long dress so as not to look out of place

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desentonar (conjugate desentonar) verbo intransitivo

a) (Mús) to go out of tune o off key

b) [color] to clash

c) [atuendo/comentario] to be out of place

desentonar verbo intransitivo
1 Mús to sing out of tune, to be out of tune
2 (no armonizar) not to match
3 (estar fuera de lugar) to be out of place
'desentonar' also found in these entries:
English:
clash
- jar

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desentonar vi

1. [cantante] to sing out of tune;

[instrumento] to be out of tune

2. [color, cortinas, edificio] to clash (con with);

esa falda desentona con este jersey that skirt doesn't go o clashes with this jersey

3. [persona] to be out of place;

en aquel sitio desentonábamos bastante we were quite out of place there;

para no desentonar, llevó un traje so as not to look out of place, he wore a suit

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desentonar

v/i MÚS go off key;

desentonar con fig clash with;

decir algo que desentona say something out of place

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desentonar vi

1) : to clash, to conflict

2) : to be out of tune, to sing off-key