desmenuzar

v.

1 to crumble (trocear) (pan, pastel, roca).

Ella desmenuza las galletas She crumbles the cookies.

2 to scrutinize.

3 to separate into its components, to break apart, to separate into its parts.

Ella desmenuzó el enigma She broke apart the enigma.

4 to analyze.

Ella desmenuza su comportamiento She analyzes his behavior.

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desmenuzar

Conjugation model [REALIZAR], like realizar

► verbo transitivo

1 (gen) to break into little pieces; (carne) to chop up; (pan) to crumble; (pescado) to flake

2 figurado (examinar) to examine, look into, analyse (US analyze)

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verb

to crumble

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1. VT

1) (Culin) [+ pan] to crumble; [+ pescado, pollo] to flake

2) (=examinar) to examine minutely

2.

See:

desmenuzarse

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verbo transitivo <pescado> to flake; <pollo> to shred; <pan> to crumble

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= mince.

Ex. A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.

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* desmenuzarse = crumble.

* que se desmenuza fácilmente = crumbly [crumblier -comp., crumbliest -sup.].

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verbo transitivo <pescado> to flake; <pollo> to shred; <pan> to crumble

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= mince.

Ex: A rotary machine invented in Holland in the late seventeenth century did not pound but minced the rags into pulp with revolving knives.

* desmenuzarse = crumble.

* que se desmenuza fácilmente = crumbly [crumblier -comp., crumbliest -sup.].

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desmenuzar [A4 ]

vt

‹pescado› to flake; ‹pollo› to shred; ‹pan› to crumble

todo lo desmenuza y lo analiza he breaks everything down and analyzes it

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desmenuzar (conjugate desmenuzar) verbo transitivo ‹pescado› to flake;
‹pollo› to shred;
‹pan› to crumble
desmenuzar verbo transitivo
1 (desmigar) to crumble
(el bacalao, etc) to flake, shred
2 (un texto, problema) to analyse thoroughly
'desmenuzar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
deshacer
English:
crumble
- pulverize

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desmenuzar

♦ vt

1. [trocear] [pan, pastel, roca] to crumble;

[carne] to chop up, to cut up; [papel] to tear up into little pieces;

el pescado hay que dárselo desmenuzado you have to take his fish off the bone for him

2. [examinar, analizar] to scrutinize

♦ See also the pronominal verb desmenuzarse

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desmenuzar

v/t crumble up; fig

break down

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desmenuzar {21} vt

1) : to break down, to scrutinize

2) : to crumble, to shred

♦ See also the reflexive verb desmenuzarse