despechar

From des- (“un-”) +‎ pechar (“to lock”).

• IPA^(key): /despeˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [d̪es̺.peˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: des‧pe‧char

despechar (first-person singular present despecho, first-person singular preterite despechei, past participle despechado)

1. (transitive) to unlock

   Synonyms: abrir, desfechar

2. (intransitive, of animals) to teethe; to grow definitive teeth

   Synonym: dentar

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “despechar”, 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), “despechar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “despechar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “despechar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• “despechar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Inherited from Latin dēspectāre (“despise”, literally “to look down upon”).

• IPA^(key): /despeˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [d̪es.peˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧pe‧char

despechar (first-person singular present despecho, first-person singular preterite despeché, past participle despechado)

1. to enrage
2. to spite

• “despechar”, 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