desentenderse
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Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /desentenˈdeɾse/ [d̪e.sẽn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ.se]
- Rhymes: -eɾse
- Syllabification: de‧sen‧ten‧der‧se
Verb[edit]
desentenderse (first-person singular present me desentiendo, first-person singular preterite me desentendí, past participle desentendido)
- to not want to have anything to do with, wash one's hands of
- Synonym: desconocer
- 2015 July 29, “La diplomacia del ‘procés’”, in El País[1]:
- No es que se desentiendan o pretendan adoptar una posición neutral, sino que el mensaje que transmiten es que no interesa, ni desde los valores ni desde los intereses nacionales.
- It's not that they disengage or try to be neutral, but that they give off a sense of disinterest, neither in the values nor in the national interests.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of desentenderse (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “desentenderse”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014