desambiguar
Portuguese
Etymology
From des- + ambíguo (“ambiguous”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [de.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(h)], /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [de.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(χ)], /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(ɻ)/, /d͡ʒi.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(ɻ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(ʁ)/ [de.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa(h)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐ̃.biˈɡwaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐ̃.biˈɣwaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.zɐ̃.biˈɡwa.ɾi/ [dɨ.zɐ̃.biˈɣwa.ɾi]
Verb
desambiguar (first-person singular present (Brazilian Portuguese) desambíguo or (European Portuguese) desambiguo, first-person singular preterite desambiguei, past participle desambiguado)
- to disambiguate
- Synonym: desambiguizar
- Antonyms: (rare) ambiguar, ambiguizar
Conjugation
Conjugation of desambiguar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
3Superseded.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “desambiguar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desambiˈɡwaɾ/ [d̪e.sãm.biˈɣ̞waɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧sam‧bi‧guar
Verb
desambiguar (first-person singular present desambiguo, first-person singular preterite desambigüé, past participle desambiguado)
- (transitive) to disambiguate
Conjugation
Conjugation of desambiguar (gu-gü alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Related terms
Further reading
- “desambiguar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025