desarbolar

v.

1 to unmast a ship, to cut down the masts. (Nautical)

2 -vn.

3 to root up or cut down the trees of a grove. (Latin American Spanish)

4 to dismast, to unmast.

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desarbolar

► verbo transitivo

1 to dismast

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VT to dismast

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verbo transitivo to dismast

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verbo transitivo to dismast

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desarbolar [A1 ]

vt

to dismast

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desarbolar vt

1. Náut to dismast, to strip of masts

2. Fam [destartalar] to mess up, to make a mess of;

desarboló toda la defensa contraria he ran rings round the opposing defence;

desarboló la argumentación del fiscal she demolished the Br public prosecutor's o US district attorney's line of argument

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desarbolar

v/t MAR dismast