desgranar

v.

1 to spout, to come out with (insultos, oraciones).

2 to thresh.

3 to remove the grain from, to shell, to flail, to pod.

Los granjeros desgranaron frijol The farmers removed the grain from the bean

4 to grind out, to reel off.

Ricardo desgranó los argumentos Richard ground out the arguments.

5 to separate the kernels from.

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desgranar

► verbo transitivo

1 (guisante, maíz) to shell; (trigo) to thresh; (un racimo de uvas) to pick the grapes from

2 (soltar) to reel off

► verbo pronominal desgranarse

1 (soltarse) to come apart, come unstrung

■ se desgranó el collar the necklace came unstrung

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1. VT

1) [+ trigo] to thresh; [+ guisantes] to shell

desgranar un racimo de uvas — to pick the grapes from a bunch

desgranar las cuentas del rosario — to tell one's beads

2) [+ sentido] to spell out

desgranar mentiras — to come out with a string of lies

desgranar imprecaciones — to let fly with a string of curses

2.

See:

desgranarse

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verbo transitivo <habas> to shell, pod; <maíz> to separate the kernels from

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verbo transitivo <habas> to shell, pod; <maíz> to separate the kernels from

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desgranar [A1 ]

vt

1 ‹habas› to shell, pod; ‹maíz› to separate the kernels from

2 ‹argumentos/frases› to reel off

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desgranar vt

1. [oración]

desgranar las cuentas del rosario to tell one's beads

2. [ideas, argumentos] to reel off;

desgranar insultos to hurl o sling insults

3. [trigo] to thresh;

[maíz] to remove from the cob; [guisantes, habas] to shell

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desgranar

v/t guisantes shell

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desgranar vt

: to shuck, to shell