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desalinear

Spanish, verb/desalineˈaɾ/

desalinear is a Spanish verb meaning “to misalign” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer distinto a la línea recta”.

What does desalinear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to misalign

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Hacer distinto a la línea recta. 2. Separar dos o más objetos, personas, posturas etc. de tal forma que no correspondan o sigan con la misma línea.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of desalinear

  • desalineo first-person present singular
  • desalineé first-person preterite singular
  • desalineado participle past
  • desalineando gerund
  • desalineada feminine participle past
  • desalineados masculine participle past
  • desalineadas feminine participle past
  • desalineas indicative informal present
  • desalineás indicative informal present
  • desalinea indicative present singular
  • desalineamos first-person indicative plural
  • desalineáis indicative plural present
  • desalinean indicative plural present
  • desalineaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • desalineabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • desalineábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • desalineabais imperfect indicative plural
  • desalineaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desalinear?

  • /desalineˈaɾ/
  • [d̪e.sa.li.neˈaɾ]
  • [d̪esalineˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.