desballestar

Meaning

1. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to take apart, dismantle
2. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to salvage, to cannibalise (remove parts from a defective machine to use elsewhere)
3. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive) to put out of order, to wreck
4. (Balearic, Central, Valencia, reflexive) to break down, (of a person) to have a breakdown

Concepts

junk

scrap

trash

Translations

desguazar

wegschmeißen

απορρίπτω

αχρηστεύω

ξεφορτώνομαι

ferraille

jeter

gettare

buttar via

wegwerpen

wegsmijten

atmak

çöpe atmak

wegwerfen

hurdaya ayırmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

[dəz.bə.ʎəsˈta]

Etymology

From des- + ballesta + -ar.