Translation for "desportillar" to english
Desportillar
verb
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Dormiré en el sofá de Chris durante un año después de la universidad, y desportillaré todas sus tazas.
I'll sleep on Chris' couch for a year after college, chip all his mugs.
Cogí el cuchillo de la mantequilla y, deslizándolo por los bordes del cajón, hice palanca con cuidado de no desportillar aún más la pintura.
I got a butter knife, pried at the edges of the drawer, careful not to chip the paint any more than it was chipped already.
El alto drow sacó su hechizada arma y empezó a desportillar el hielo que cubría el pecho del humano.
The tall drow drew his enspelled dagger and began to chip through the ice that covered the human’s chest.
Ella los mezclaba con arroz humeante servido en un cuenco azul y blanco con borde de plata, para evitar que se desportillara.
She mixed them with steaming rice served in a blue and white bowl with a silver ring around its rim to prevent chipping.
La risa de Mario era digna de oírse, una risita aguda y carente de humor que sonaba como si algo golpeara un cristal y lo desportillara.
Mario's laugh was something to hear, a sharp humourless snicker like the sound of something chipping nicks out of glass.
En casa, los negros de mi madre eran como los chismes de Olga; había que tener muchísimo cuidado en no decir ni hacer nada que pudiera desportillar la amistad que le concedían, y entre ellos había unos vagabundos y haraganes de cuidado.
At the house, my mother’s blacks were like Aunt Olga’s whatnots, they were handled with such care not to say or do anything that might chip the friendship they allowed her to claim—and she had some awful layabouts and spivs among them.
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