desacostumbrar

v.

1 to disuse, to drop or to lose the custom.

2 to accustom only on rare occasions to, to accustom only on very rare occasions to, to use only on very rare occasions to.

Desacostumbro ir allí I use only on very rare occasions to go there...

3 to disaccustom, to unteach.

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desacostumbrar

► verbo transitivo

1 (hacer perder un uso) to break of a habit, get out of a habit

■ cuando un niño empieza a hacer eso hay que desacostumbrarlo en seguida when a child starts to do that you have to get him out of the habit straightaway

► verbo pronominal desacostumbrarse

1 (perder la costumbre) to get out of the habit (de, of), lose the habit (de, of), give up (de, -)

■ me he desacostumbrado de beber I've given up drinking

2 (perder la tolerancia) to be no longer used (a, to)

■ me he desacostumbrado al calor I'm no longer used to the heat, I can't take the heat any more

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1.

VT

desacostumbrar a algn de algo — to get sb out of the habit of sth

2.

See:

desacostumbrarse

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desacostumbrar

♦ vt

to get out of the habit;

han desacostumbrado al niño a dormir por la tarde they have got the child out of the habit of sleeping in the afternoon

♦ See also the pronominal verb desacostumbrarse

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desacostumbrar

v/t

:

desacostumbrar a alguien de algo get s.o. out of the habit of sth