- desentenderse
- pron.v.1 to pretend not to hear/know.desentenderse de to refuse to have anything to do with2 to shrug it off, to forget about it, to pay no attention.Nos hicimos sordos We paid no attention.* * *desentenderse► verbo pronominal1 (afectar ignorancia) to pretend not to know (de, -/about), ignore (de, -), feign ignorance (de, of)■ cuando ve la tele, se desentiende del teléfono when he's watching the telly, he pretends not to hear the telephone■ se desentiende de mí she ignores me2 (no tomar parte en algo) to take no part (de, in), have nothing to do (de, with)* * *VPR1) (=simular ignorancia)
desentenderse de algo — to pretend not to know about sth
2) (=repudiar)desentenderse de algo — to wash one's hands of sth, want nothing to do with sth
se ha desentendido del asunto — he wants nothing to do with the matter
* * *verbo pronominaldesentenderse de algo — de un asunto to wash one's hands of something
tú siempre te desentiendes de estos problemas — you never want to have anything to do with these problems
se desentiende de los hijos — he doesn't take an interest in the children
* * *verbo pronominaldesentenderse de algo — de un asunto to wash one's hands of something
tú siempre te desentiendes de estos problemas — you never want to have anything to do with these problems
se desentiende de los hijos — he doesn't take an interest in the children
* * *desentenderse [E8 ]v prondesentenderse DE algo/algn:se desentendió por completo del asunto he washed his hands of the whole affairtú siempre te desentiendes de estos problemas you always distance yourself from these problemsse desentiende de los hijos he doesn't take an interest in the children* * *
desentenderse (conjugate desentenderse) verbo pronominal desentenderse de algo ‹de un asunto› to wash one's hands of sth;◊ se desentiende de los hijos he doesn't take an interest in the children
■desentenderse vr (eludir, quedarse al margen de) not to want to have anything to do [de, with], to wash one's hands [de, of]
'desentenderse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desconectar
- desconectarse
- librarse
- despreocuparse
* * *desentenderse vpryo me desentiendo I want nothing to do with it;cuando algo no le interesa, se desentiende por completo when something doesn't interest him, he'll have nothing to do with it;desentenderse de algo/alguien to want nothing to do with sth/sb;nos desentendimos del asunto we want nothing to do with this business;¡es un caradura!, le dices que haga algo y se desentiende de ti he's got a nerve!, you tell him to do something and he pretends he hasn't heard you* * *desentendersev/r not want to know (de about)* * *desentenderse {56} vr1)desentenderse de : to want nothing to do with, to be uninterested in2)desentenderse de : to pretend ignorance of
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.