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desconocido
adjective
unknown, undisclosed, unbeknownst; unfamiliar; uncharted, undiscovered
desconocido
noun, masculine
unknown; John Doe; stranger (unknown person)
desconocimiento
noun, masculine
ignorance
desecrate (to remove the consecration)
desconsideración
noun, feminine
lack of consideration, thoughtlessness
thoughtlessly
inconsiderate; thoughtless
to disregard, to fail to think of
disconsolately
desconsolado
adjective
disconsolate, inconsolable; heartbroken; grief-stricken, bereaved
desconsolador
adjective
distressing
to grieve, distress
desconsolidación
noun, feminine
deconsolidation
to weaken
deconstitutionalization
desconstitución
noun, feminine
deconstitution
desconstrucción
noun, feminine
deconstruction
alternative spelling of deconstruir
desconsuelo
noun, masculine
anguish, grief; queasiness, uneasiness
descontaminación
noun, feminine
decontamination
descontaminante
noun, masculine
decontaminant
to decontaminate
discount
hard to please; fastidious
descontentamiento
noun, masculine
disagreement; animosity; dissatisfaction, discontentment
to displease, dissatisfy
descontento
adjective
unhappy, discontented
descontento
noun, masculine
discontent, dissatisfaction
descontextualización
noun, feminine
decontextualization, decontextualisation
out of context
to decontextualize, take out of context
relieving
to decontract
to unhire, cancel a contract
descontrol
noun, masculine
a lack of control or order; unruliness
wildly; out of control
descontrolado
adjective
uncontrolled, unruly, wild
to lose control; to lose self-control, to lack control; to spin out of control, to come apart at the seams
desconvenible
adjective
unsuitable
to disagree with
to call off, cancel
descoordinación
noun, feminine
lack of coordination
to discoordinate
only used in me descoque, first-person singular present subjunctive of descocarse
only used in nos descoquemos, first-person plural present subjunctive of descocarse
only used in se descoquen, third-person plural present subjunctive of descocarse
discouraging
disheartening
to dishearten, discourage
descorbatado
adjective
tieless
to uncork
to unstring
to dehorn, remove the horn of
to unshackle
not correlated
to draw back (curtains); to slide open (a bolt, latch, etc.); to run a space that has already been run; to run, flow, drain
descortesía
noun, feminine
discourtesy; insolence
descortezador
adjective
debarking (which removes bark from a tree)
descortezador
noun, masculine
barker; bark stripper
to hull, shell (to remove the outer covering of a fruit or seed); to strip the bark off, debark