desbotar

19th century. From des- +‎ botar.

• IPA^(key): /desβoˈtaɾ/
• Hyphenation: des‧bo‧tar

desbotar (first-person singular present desboto, first-person singular preterite desbotei, past participle desbotado)

1. to discard

   Synonym: refugar

2. to reject

   Synonym: rexeitar

   • 1863, Rosalía de Castro, Cantares Gallegos, Vigo: J. Compañel, page 17:

     Cómo m'hei d'ir e deixarte, si ca lengua me desbotas e co coraçón me atraes?

     How would I go and leave you, if with your tongue you reject me, and with you heart you lure me forth?

3. to detach

• botar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “desbotar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “desbotar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “desbotar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “desbotar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

desbotar (first-person singular present desboto, first-person singular preterite desbotei, past participle desbotado)

1. (intransitive) to fade (become faint in hue or tint)
2. (transitive) to fade (cause to fade)