/desaɾˈmaɾ/
#4932 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
to disarm, to dismantle
Word origin
From des- (a reversing prefix) plus armar ('to arm'), which comes from Latin armare, from arma ('weapons, tools'). The same root gives English 'arm' and 'armament'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- armare
- English cognates
- arm, armament
Grammar
Verb type-ar regular (1st group)
Examples
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The police managed to disarm the suspect without violence.
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My brother knows how to take the engine apart piece by piece.
¿ estantería mudarla?
Can you dismantle the shelf to move it?
juguete .
The child wanted to take his toy apart to see how it worked.
enfado.
Her kind words managed to disarm my anger.
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