desvainar
Spanish, verb[d̪esβ̞ajˈnaɾ]
desvainar is spelled D-E-S-V-A-I-N-A-R (9 letters). Desvainar is a Spanish verb meaning “to shell (remove the covering of a vegetable)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacar los granos de habas, guisantes y otras semillas, de las vainas en que se crían”.
What does desvainar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shell (remove the covering of a vegetable)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sacar los granos de habas, guisantes y otras semillas, de las vainas en que se crían. 2. Variante anticuada de desenvainar.
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 desvainar
- desvaino first-person present singular
- desvainé first-person preterite singular
- desvainado participle past
- desvainando gerund
- desvainada feminine participle past
- desvainados masculine participle past
- desvainadas feminine participle past
- desvainas indicative informal present
- desvainás indicative informal present
- desvaina indicative present singular
- desvainamos first-person indicative plural
- desvaináis indicative plural present
- desvainan indicative plural present
- desvainaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desvainabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desvainábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desvainabais imperfect indicative plural
- desvainaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desvainar?
- [d̪esβ̞ajˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.