Meaning of desballestar | Babel Free

Definitions

1. to take apart, dismantle
   Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
2. to salvage, to cannibalise (remove parts from a defective machine to use elsewhere)
   Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
3. to put out of order, to wreck
   Balearic, Central, Valencia, transitive
4. to break down, (of a person) to have a breakdown
   Balearic, Central, Valencia, reflexive

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Examples

“Les van desballestar allà mateix. A l'interior d'una barra de ferro de la meva bicicleta van trobar-hi la carta.”

They took them apart right there. Inside an iron bar of my bicycle they found the letter.

“Sembla que alguna cosa s'ha desballestat a la moto, ja que la bateria és nova.”

It seems like something has broken down in the motorcycle since the battery is new.

CEFR level