# desenfadar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From des- +‎ enfadar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zẽ.faˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.faˈda(h)], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zẽ.faˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.faˈda(h)], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(h)], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda(ɾ)/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(ɾ)/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zẽ.faˈda(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.faˈda(χ)], (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda(χ)], (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda(ɻ)/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.zẽ.fɐˈdaɾ/ [dɨ.zẽ.fɐˈðaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.zẽ.fɐˈdaɾ/ [dɨ.zẽ.fɐˈðaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.zẽ.fɐˈda.ɾi/ [dɨ.zẽ.fɐˈða.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: de‧sen‧fa‧dar

### Verb

desenfadar (first-person singular present desenfado, first-person singular preterite desenfadei, past participle desenfadado)
* (transitive) to amuse; to entertain
** 1878, Machado de Assis, Eça de Queirós: O primo Basilio:Supondo que este trocadilho de idéias veio somente para desenfadar o estilo, me abstenho de o considerar mais tempo; mas não irei adiante sem convidar os defensores a todo transe a que releiam com pausa, o livro do Sr. Eça de Queirós: é o melhor método quando se procura penetrar a verdade de uma concepção.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (pronominal) to enjoy oneself
** 1900, Machado de Assis, “CVI”, in Dom Casmurro:A princípio supus que era um recurso para desenfadar-me, mas daí a pouco estava eu mesmo calculando também, já então com papel e lápis, sobre o joelho, e dava a diferença que ela buscava.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Derived terms

* desenfadado
* desenfado

## Spanish
### Etymology

From des- +‎ enfadar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /desenfaˈdaɾ/ [d̪e.sẽɱ.faˈð̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧sen‧fa‧dar

### Verb

desenfadar (first-person singular present desenfado, first-person singular preterite desenfadé, past participle desenfadado)
* to stop being annoyed, to chill, to chill out, to calm down

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* desenfadado

### Further reading

* “desenfadar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10