desvirtuar

v.

1 to spoil.

su victoria quedó totalmente desvirtuada his victory was rendered meaningless

esta actuación desvirtúa el espíritu del acuerdo this action violates the spirit of the agreement

Ellos desvirtuaron su regalo They spoiled his gift.

2 to distort, to misrepresent, to twist, to camouflage.

Ricardo desvirtuó la verdad Richard distorted the truth.

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desvirtuar

Conjugation model [ACTUAR], like {{link=actuar}}actuar

► verbo transitivo

1 to impair, spoil, distort

2 figurado to contradict, belie

■ desvirtuó sus palabras con sus actos his behaviour belied his words

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1.

VT [+ argumento, razonamiento] to detract from; [+ efecto] to counteract; [+ sentido] to distort

la cláusula secreta desvirtuó el objetivo del tratado — the secret clause nullified the aim of the treaty

2.

See:

desvirtuarse

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verbo transitivo <verdad/hechos> to distort

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= distort.

Ex. Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.

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verbo transitivo <verdad/hechos> to distort

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= distort.

Ex: Commentators who assert their views premised upon a unity of aims for SLIS not only fail to appreciate existential realities, they also distort perceptions about what is the best speed of curriculum evolution.

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desvirtuar [A18 ]

vt

A (tergiversar, alterar) ‹verdad/hechos› to distort

la traducción desvirtúa totalmente el sentido del original the translation completely distorts o alters the sense of the original

el periódico desvirtuó sus declaraciones the newspaper misrepresented what he had said o distorted his words

B

1 (anular) ‹argumento› to disprove; ‹sospecha› to prove … to be unfounded

2 (debilitar) ‹argumento› to detract from

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desvirtuar verbo transitivo to distort, adulterate: ese comunicado desvirtúa la realidad de lo que pasó, that communiqué distorts the actual facts of the incident

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desvirtuar vt

1. [estropear] to spoil;

el comercialismo desvirtúa la producción literaria commercialism has a detrimental effect on literary writing;

su victoria quedó totalmente desvirtuada his victory was rendered meaningless;

esta actuación desvirtúa el espíritu del acuerdo this action violates the spirit of the agreement

2. [distorsionar] to distort;

la prensa ha desvirtuado mis palabras the press have twisted my words;

desvirtuó los hechos en su declaración al juez he distorted the facts in his statement to the judge

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desvirtuar

v/t detract from; fig (distorsionar) distort

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desvirtuar {3} vt

1) : to impair, to spoil

2) : to detract from

3) : to distort, to misrepresent