zafar

v.

1 to adorn, to embellish.

2 to disembarrass.

3 to lighten a ship. (Nautical)

4 to escape, to avoid risk, to run away.

5 to avoid, to decline.

6 to excuse, to free oneself from trouble, to get clear off.

7 to slip off the border of a wheel: applied to the belt of machinery.

8 to untie, to let loose, to loosen, to unfasten.

9 to dislocate.

Se le zafó el brazo He dislocated his arm.

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1. VT

1) (=soltar) to untie

2) (=desembarazar) [+ barco] to lighten; [+ superficie] to clear, free

3) LAm (=excluir) to exclude

2.

See:

zafarse

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (Chi, Méx) <brazo/dedo> to dislocate

b) (Col, Ven) <nudo> to untie; <tuerca> to unscrew; <persona/animal> to let ... loose

2.

zafarse v pron

a) (de compromiso)

zafarse de algo — to get o wriggle out of something

b) (soltarse) persona/animal to get loose, get away

c) lazo/nudo to come undone

d) (refl) (Chi, Méx) (dislocarse)

zafarse la muñeca — to dislocate one's wrist

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1.

verbo transitivo

a) (Chi, Méx) <brazo/dedo> to dislocate

b) (Col, Ven) <nudo> to untie; <tuerca> to unscrew; <persona/animal> to let ... loose

2.

zafarse v pron

a) (de compromiso)

zafarse de algo — to get o wriggle out of something

b) (soltarse) persona/animal to get loose, get away

c) lazo/nudo to come undone

d) (refl) (Chi, Méx) (dislocarse)

zafarse la muñeca — to dislocate one's wrist

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zafar [A1 ]

vt

1 (Col) ‹nudo› to untie; ‹tuerca› to unscrew; ‹persona/animal› to let … loose

2 (Chi, Méx, Ven) ‹brazo/dedo› to dislocate

3 (Chi) ‹embarcación› to refloat

■ zafar

vi

(Col fam): zafa, ya estoy harta de tus excusas give me a break, I'm tired of your excuses (colloq)

■ zafarse

v pron

1 (de un compromiso) zafarse DE algo to get o wriggle OUT OF sth

2 (soltarse) «persona/animal» to get loose, get away

3 «hilo/costura» to come undone o unstitched; «lazo/nudo» to come undone

la cortina se zafó del riel the curtain came off the rail

4 (refl)

(Chi, Méx, Ven) (dislocarse): me zafé la muñeca or se me zafó la muñeca I dislocated my wrist

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zafar (conjugate zafar) verbo transitivo

a) (Chi, Méx) ‹brazo/dedo› to dislocate

b) (Col, Ven) ‹nudo› to untie;

‹tuerca› to unscrew;
‹persona/animal› to let … loose
zafarse verbo pronominal

a) (de compromiso) zafarse de algo to get o wriggle out of sth

b) (soltarse) [persona/animal] to get loose, get away

c) (refl) (Chi, Méx) (dislocarse):

◊ zafarse la muñeca to dislocate one's wrist

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zafar

♦ vi

RP Fam [salir bien parado] to come out on top;

zafamos de milagro we got away by the skin of our teeth

♦ See also the pronominal verb zafarse

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zafar vt

: to loosen, to untie

♦ See also the reflexive verb zafarse