desminar

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- + minar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.miˈna(ʁ)/ [dez.miˈna(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /dez.miˈna(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʒ.miˈna(ʁ)/ [deʒ.miˈna(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.miˈna(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.miˈnaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒ.miˈna.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: des‧mi‧nar

Verb

desminar (first-person singular present desmino, first-person singular preterite desminei, past participle desminado)

  1. (transitive) to demine

Conjugation

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

From des- + mina + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desmiˈnaɾ/ [d̪ez.miˈnaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧mi‧nar

Verb

desminar (first-person singular present desmino, first-person singular preterite desminé, past participle desminado)

  1. (transitive) to demine
    • 2015 November 19, “El laboratorio para limpiar Colombia de minas antipersona”, in El País:
      Se suma que las técnicas para desminar datan de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que no se pueden aplicar en un mundo preocupado por el medio ambiente y menos cuando muchas de esas minas están en los parques naturales”, explica.
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