desintegrar

v.

1 to disintegrate (objetos).

El impacto desintegró las columnas The impact disintegrated the columns.

2 to break up (grupos, organizaciones).

3 to divide into smaller groups, to bust up.

El supervisor desintegró el grupo The supervisor bust up the group.

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desintegrar

► verbo transitivo

1 to disintegrate

2 figurado to disintegrate, break up

3 FÍSICA to split

► verbo pronominal desintegrarse

1 to disintegrate

2 figurado to break up

3 FÍSICA to split

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verb

to disintegrate

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1. VT

1) [+ grupo] to break up

2) [+ roca, cohete] to disintegrate

3) [+ átomo] to split

2.

See:

desintegrarse

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* desintegrarse = disintegrate, fall + apart, decompose, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams.

* que se está desintegrando = crumbling, disintegrating.

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* desintegrarse = disintegrate, fall + apart, decompose, come apart at + the seams, fall apart at + the seams.

* que se está desintegrando = crumbling, disintegrating.

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desintegrar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹grupo/partido› to break up; ‹familia› to break up

2 ‹cuerpo/materia› to break up, disintegrate; ‹átomo› to split

■ desintegrarse

v pron

1 «grupo/partido» to break up, disintegrate; «familia» to break up

2 «cuerpo/materia» to break up, disintegrate; «átomo» to split, disintegrate

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desintegrar vtr, desintegrarse verbo reflexivo to disintegrate
'desintegrar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desintegrarse
English:
split

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desintegrar

♦ vt

1. [objeto, materia] to break into pieces;

[átomo] to split;

el rayo desintegró la nave espacial the ray disintegrated the spaceship

2. [grupo, organización, familia] to break up

♦ See also the pronominal verb desintegrarse

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desintegrar

v/t

1 FÍS cause to disintegrate, disintegrate

2 grupo de gente break up

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desintegrar vt

: to disintegrate, to break up

♦ See also the reflexive verb desintegrarse