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man and boy, since one's childhood
since time immemorial; since the beginning of time; since the dawn of time
for as long as one can remember
all along; from the start
desde ya
adverb
right now
to deny; to go back on one's words, renege
desdentado
adjective
toothless (having no teeth)
to render harmless
desdeñable
adjective
contemptible
to disdain, scorn, despise
desdeño
noun, masculine
disdain
desdeñosa
noun, feminine
hedgehog grass, Echinaria capitata
disdainfully
desdeñoso
adjective
disdainful, dismissive
to blur
desdicha
noun, feminine
bad luck; gloom
unhappily
desdichado
adjective
unhappy, unfortunate
desdiferenciación
noun, feminine
dysdifferentiation
desdoblamiento
noun, masculine
splitting, division; unfolding
to unfold, open out; to break down into constituent parts; to unlap (to overtake the leader in a race in order to no longer be lapped (one or more complete laps behind the leader))
desdolarización
noun, feminine
dedollarization
to dedollarize
to ungild; to tarnish
desdoroso
adjective
tarnishing; scathing
downplaying
to downplay (to portray as unimportant)
desdén
noun, masculine
disdain, scorn
dese
noun, masculine
whatchamacallit, thingamabob
deseabilidad
noun, feminine
desirability
deseable
adjective
desirable
desirably
deseado
adjective
wanted, wished, desired
deseante
adjective
desiring
desear
verb
to wish; to desire, to want, to hope for, to long for; to look forward to
desecación
noun, feminine
drainage; draining; desiccation
desecamiento
noun, masculine
drying
desecante
noun, masculine
desiccant
to dry, to desiccate; to drain
desecativo
adjective
desiccative
desechable
adjective
disposable (that can be disposed of); disposable, throwaway, single-use (being intended for a single use, to be discarded rather than reused, refilled or repaired)
desechamiento
noun, masculine
dismissal
to cast off, cast away, cast aside; to dispose, scrap, discard, throw away, throw out; to dismiss, to reject, to drop
desecho
noun, masculine
waste, trash; debris
plural of desecho; jetsam; excrement, crap
deseconomía
noun, feminine
diseconomy
deseducación
noun, feminine
uneducation
desegregación
noun, feminine
desegregation
to unselect (to cancel a previous selection, especially by removing a mark from a tick box); to unselect (to reverse the previous selection of); to deselect (to remove from an existing selection); to deselect (to not select; to rule out of selection); to uncheck (to remove a checkmark)
to unseal
to unpack; to open, to unwrap
to release water from a reservoir
desembalse
noun, masculine
undamming
in an easygoing manner
desembarazado
adjective
free; easygoing
to clear, rid, get rid of; to get rid of
desembarcadero
noun, masculine
landing stage
to disembark (remove from on board a vessel); to disembark (to leave a watercraft or vehicle)
desembarco
noun, masculine
disembarkation, landing; unloading; docking; arrival; onset
desembargador
noun, masculine
a type of appellate judge in Portuguese-speaking countries