desplegar

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Etymology

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From Late Latin displicāre.

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desplegar (first-person singular present desplego, first-person singular preterite despleguí, past participle desplegat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to unfold, to spread out
    Antonym: plegar
  2. (transitive) to deploy (troops etc.)
  3. (transitive, figurative) to show off, demonstrate

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin displicāre, infinitive form of displicō (to scatter), from Latin dis- + plicō. By surface analysis, des- (dis-) +‎ plegar (to fold). Cognate with English deploy and display.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /despleˈɡaɾ/ [d̪es.pleˈɣ̞aɾ]
  • Audio (Peru):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧ple‧gar

Verb

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desplegar (first-person singular present despliego, first-person singular preterite desplegué, past participle desplegado)

  1. to deploy, unfold
    Antonyms: plegar, doblar

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