Deshacer in english

deshacerse = fall apart ; come + undone ; come apart at + the seams ; fall apart at + the seams ; come apart ; fray around/at + the edges. 

Example: Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.Example: Ultimately, thought, understood as part of high culture, has come undone.Example: The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.Example: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.Example: The ball joint came apart with only a few slogs with the club hammer and it all went back together like a dream.Example: There are some signs that growth in the advanced economies may be fraying at the edges, and China may be embarking on another mini downturn.

deshacer = undo ; unpick ; unstitch. 

Example: The National Library of Estonia, established in 1918, is undergoing a revolutionary period of undoing the effects of the cultural policies of the communist regime.Example: If you are doing clothing alterations, then you will be unpicking seams all the time.Example: You really need to unstitch the lining and have a tailor look inside the coat before you know if your suit can suffer alterations.

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» deshacer el entuerto = sort out + the mess ; clean up + the mess .

Example: The new governement has set itself the task of sorting out the mess that Labour have created.

Example: He is just doing his best to clean up the mess left by his predecessor, Gordon Brown.

» deshacer el pasado = undo + the past .

Example: And we cannot undo the past and she has paid her dues to society and it is wrong of us to keep her in prison any longer.

» deshacer en granos = granulate .

Example: Pure honey contains more sugar than water (in technical terms honey is a supersaturated solution) and in time will granulate (become solid).

» deshacer en gránulos = granulate .

Example: Pure honey contains more sugar than water (in technical terms honey is a supersaturated solution) and in time will granulate (become solid).

» deshacer los errores cometidos = turn + the clock back(ward) ; put + the clock back(ward) .

Example: I will have to eat humble pie and face humiliation though but I was good at the job and wish I could turn the clock back.

Example: None of us can put the clock back; we can only speak from where we are, even if we are relating our own past.

» deshacer lo tejido = unweave .

Example: The writer contends that Molly's soliloquy represents a textual performance of Penelope's backstage activity of weaving in order to unweave so as to outwit her suitors. deshacerse = throw away ; fall apart ; come + undone ; come apart at + the seams ; fall apart at + the seams ; come apart ; fray around/at + the edges .

Example: The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.

Example: Most of the packaging for cassettes provided by commercial vendors that are known nationwide is lousy, falls apart, looks bad, and so on.

Example: Ultimately, thought, understood as part of high culture, has come undone.

Example: The emergency services were frantically racing against the clock to try and hold together their city which was coming apart at the seams.

Example: Society is falling apart at the seams, causing individuals who have not been able to cope with the changes to feel unprotected and hopeless.

Example: The ball joint came apart with only a few slogs with the club hammer and it all went back together like a dream.

Example: There are some signs that growth in the advanced economies may be fraying at the edges, and China may be embarking on another mini downturn.

» deshacerse de = dispense with ; dispose of ; drive + Nombre + out with a pitchfork ; get + rid of ; rid of ; let + Nombre + go ; axe [ax, -USA] ; shed [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio shed] ; get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back ; jettison ; shake off ; offload + Nombre + onto ; break + loose from ; chuck + Nombre + out ; fob + Algo + off on + Alguien ; land + Alguien + with + Nombre ; fob + Alguien + off with + Algo ; get + shot of ; give + Nombre + the gate ; give + Nombre + the axe ; give + Nombre + the bounce ; shift away ; be rid of ; give + Nombre + the boot ; give + Nombre + the chop ; give + Nombre + the sack ; shrug off .

Example: The past was not so easily dispensed with.

Example: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.

Example: It seems that classification is like nature: if you drive her out with a pitchfork, she will soon find her way back.

Example: The title of her paper is 'Let's get rid of it: a reference librarian's battle cry'.

Example: Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.

Example: He said he'd be very disappointed to learn we were thinking of letting her go.

Example: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Example: Academic libraries need shed these lingering vestiges of eurocentricism and move forward towards meaningful cultural inclusivity.

Example: 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.

Example: The whole usually has more meaning than the sum of its parts, but care must be taken not to jettison some of the more subtle parts.

Example: Only this way can the librarian shake off the aura of elitism pervading the profession and the library.

Example: The booksellers, for their part must not attempt to offload useless stock onto the librarians for financial gain, but must supply the latest material.

Example: It is a time, in other words, when professionals often long to break loose from the stress 'to do far more, in less time'.

Example: Now to start chucking out stuff that I don't need; being a bit of a magpie, that might be difficult!.

Example: Most marketing departments are currently handling those functions, but they would like to fob it off on IT.

Example: Scotland's local government reorganisation landed her with a regional and district pattern different from the rest of the UK.

Example: She complained numerous times, but he fobbed her off with promises that the pay rise/promotion would be given soon.

Example: Many women would do pretty much anything to get shot of stretch marks.

Example: I suppose you had your own reasons for giving her the gate.

Example: Then she may be very unpleasantly surprised when they finally reach their limit and give her the axe without warning.

Example: Hopefully the producers will do the world a favor and give her the bounce tomorrow.

Example: We've recently been having some wonderful weather which has inspired many to have a spring clean in the hope that it will shift away the winter blues.

Example: He felt that he had played his last card and shot his last bolt, and that Diana definitely wished to be rid of him.

Example: He was given the boot for being discovered with a camera taking a photo of hula dancers.

Example: She must bring some kind of financial gain to the company or else I am sure Vince would have given her the chop a long time ago.

Example: Justin pointed out that the government would not compromise and those found protecting illegal immigrants would be given the sack.

Example: Small businesses need to shrug off the preconceived notion that advertising is uber-expensive.

» deshacerse de Algo vendiéndolo barato = flog + Nombre + off .

Example: They trucks had sat gathering dust ever since, but have now been flogged off for a pittance to a second-hand dealer = Desde entonces los camiones han estado allí muertos de risa, pero ahora se han podido deshacer de ellos vendiéndoselos por cuatro perras a un compraventa de artículos de segunda mano.

» deshacerse en elogios = wax + lyrical ; wax + rapturous ; sing + Posesivo + praises ; go into + raptures ; rhapsodise [rhapsodize, -USA] ; wax + poetic ; go + ape (over) .

Example: He helped to hose down graffiti from a vandalised wall while waxing lyrical about an era before antisocial behaviour.

Example: But people do tend to wax rapturous -- nearly orgasmic, even -- over figs.

Example: Frustrated devotees had been singing his praises for years, to no avail.

Example: Most of my friends live in the city, yet they always go into raptures at the mere mention of the country.

Example: In her monthly contribution to the magazine, she rhapsodises about anything fashion-related that has taken her fancy.

Example: And while I am usually waxing poetic about the fineness of things, here I want to stress that it is this little tea set's absence of fineness that makes it so charming.

Example: As soon as she saw him she went ape over him and he went ape over her -- I was ever so jealous.

» deshacerse en lágrimas = break down in(to) + tears .

Example: At the end of three weeks, she became anxious and depressed and, to her great annoyance, broke down on occasion into uncontrollable tears.

» deshacerse en pedazos = fall to + pieces ; fall to + bits .

Example: One must accept that it is impossible to satisfy all people all the time; this author has seen several prison librarians fall to pieces, while the librarian was drowning in details.

Example: If you leave it there for a few months, your bike will rust, perish and fall to bits.

» deshacer un entuerto = right + a wrong .

Example: Southerners are more prone to violence in situations culturally defined as requiring a violent response, such as righting a wrong or defending one's honor.

» deshacer un hechizo = break + a spell .

Example: The wicked Morgan cursed him centuries ago and he'll die in fourteen days if her maleficent spell is not broken.

» deshacer un nudo = untie + a knot .

Example: There was another knot in the contract language which needed untying.

» persona que nunca se deshace de nada = hoarder  ; packrat ; magpie .

Example: Hoarders may become anxious and angry at the mere suggestion of getting rid of items that they've held onto for years.

Example: In broad terms, lack of weeding was associated with fear, inertia, and a 'packrat mentality,' causing one librarian to remark that it is 'time to weed librarians who don't want to weed'.

Example: Now to start chucking out stuff that I don't need; being a bit of a magpie, that might be difficult!.

deshacerse = throw away. 

Example: The person who never throws away a newspaper is regarded as an eccentric; the person who never throws away a book is more likely to be regarded as a bibliophile no matter what the resulting motley assortment of books may be.

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» deshacerse de = dispense with ; dispose of ; drive + Nombre + out with a pitchfork ; get + rid of ; rid of ; let + Nombre + go ; axe [ax, -USA] ; shed [Verbo irregular: pasado y participio shed] ; get + Nombre + off + Posesivo + back ; jettison ; shake off ; offload + Nombre + onto ; break + loose from ; chuck + Nombre + out ; fob + Algo + off on + Alguien ; land + Alguien + with + Nombre ; fob + Alguien + off with + Algo ; get + shot of ; give + Nombre + the gate ; give + Nombre + the axe ; give + Nombre + the bounce ; shift away ; be rid of ; give + Nombre + the boot ; give + Nombre + the chop ; give + Nombre + the sack ; shrug off .

Example: The past was not so easily dispensed with.

Example: List and describe the steps involved in withdrawing and disposing of books which are no longer required.

Example: It seems that classification is like nature: if you drive her out with a pitchfork, she will soon find her way back.

Example: The title of her paper is 'Let's get rid of it: a reference librarian's battle cry'.

Example: Two recently elected school board members have announced their intention of 'ridding the high school of Mrs Panopoulos' -- to which she replied, with a defiant shrug, 'Let them try'.

Example: He said he'd be very disappointed to learn we were thinking of letting her go.

Example: 'He's been trying to cover up his tracks; those engineers who got axed were his scapegoats'.

Example: Academic libraries need shed these lingering vestiges of eurocentricism and move forward towards meaningful cultural inclusivity.

Example: 'I'd love to be able to get them off my back', he remonstrated with a deep sigh.

Example: The whole usually has more meaning than the sum of its parts, but care must be taken not to jettison some of the more subtle parts.

Example: Only this way can the librarian shake off the aura of elitism pervading the profession and the library.

Example: The booksellers, for their part must not attempt to offload useless stock onto the librarians for financial gain, but must supply the latest material.

Example: It is a time, in other words, when professionals often long to break loose from the stress 'to do far more, in less time'.

Example: Now to start chucking out stuff that I don't need; being a bit of a magpie, that might be difficult!.

Example: Most marketing departments are currently handling those functions, but they would like to fob it off on IT.

Example: Scotland's local government reorganisation landed her with a regional and district pattern different from the rest of the UK.

Example: She complained numerous times, but he fobbed her off with promises that the pay rise/promotion would be given soon.

Example: Many women would do pretty much anything to get shot of stretch marks.

Example: I suppose you had your own reasons for giving her the gate.

Example: Then she may be very unpleasantly surprised when they finally reach their limit and give her the axe without warning.

Example: Hopefully the producers will do the world a favor and give her the bounce tomorrow.

Example: We've recently been having some wonderful weather which has inspired many to have a spring clean in the hope that it will shift away the winter blues.

Example: He felt that he had played his last card and shot his last bolt, and that Diana definitely wished to be rid of him.

Example: He was given the boot for being discovered with a camera taking a photo of hula dancers.

Example: She must bring some kind of financial gain to the company or else I am sure Vince would have given her the chop a long time ago.

Example: Justin pointed out that the government would not compromise and those found protecting illegal immigrants would be given the sack.

Example: Small businesses need to shrug off the preconceived notion that advertising is uber-expensive.