deshollinar

To sweep a chimney, removing soot buildup — deshollinar la chimenea antes del invierno. A fairly narrow, old-fashioned trade word; deshollinador (chimney sweep) is the more commonly encountered related noun, famous from Mary Poppins.

• Cada otoño contratamos a alguien para deshollinar la chimenea. — Every fall we hire someone to sweep the chimney.
• Antiguamente, niños muy jóvenes deshollinaban las chimeneas de Londres. — In the past, very young children used to sweep London's chimneys.
• Sin deshollinarla, la chimenea puede provocar un incendio. — Without sweeping it, the chimney can cause a fire.

This is narrow, trade-specific vocabulary tied to fireplaces and chimneys — a learner will meet the noun deshollinador (chimney sweep) far more often than the conjugated verb.

• song "Deshollinador, tú eres siempre feliz" — A line from the Spanish-dubbed version of Mary Poppins's "Chim Chim Cher-ee," sung to Bert, the film's chimney-sweep character — deshollinador is the noun form of this verb.