desaprender

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From des- +‎ aprender (to learn).

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.za.pɾẽˈde(ʁ)/ [de.za.pɾẽˈde(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.pɾẽˈde(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.pɾẽˈde(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.za.pɾẽˈde(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.za.pɾẽˈde(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.za.pɾẽˈde(ʁ)/ [de.za.pɾẽˈde(χ)], /d͡ʒi.za.pɾẽˈde(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.pɾẽˈde(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.za.pɾẽˈde(ɻ)/
 

Verb

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desaprender (first-person singular present desaprendo, first-person singular preterite desaprendi, past participle desaprendido)

  1. (transitive or catenative) to unlearn; to forget [with direct object ‘something’ or a (+ infinitive) ‘how to do something’]
    Eu desaprendi a andar de bicicleta.
    I forgot how to ride a bicycle.
    Precisamos desaprender todos estes conhecimentos errôneos.
    We must unlearn all of this erroneous knowledge.

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Spanish

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Verb

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desaprender (first-person singular present desaprendo, first-person singular preterite desaprendí, past participle desaprendido)

  1. to forget, to unlearn
    Synonym: olvidar
    • 2015 November 16, “Opinión”, in El País[1]:
      Quieren formar un partido que sea referente de funcionamiento interno democrático, pero para ello antes deberán desaprender aquellas prácticas abusivas destinadas a depurar a disidentes, como saben muy bien los miembros del colectivo El Matí, que, escarmentados, no han querido saber nada de este nuevo experimento partidista.
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