desfazer

From des- +‎ fazer. Compare Catalan desfer, French défaire, Italian disfare, Romanian desface, Spanish deshacer.

• Hyphenation: des‧fa‧zer

desfazer (first-person singular present desfaço, first-person singular preterite desfiz, past participle desfeito)

1. (intransitive) to depreciate
2. (transitive) to undo; to unfasten
3. (transitive) to unpack
4. (transitive) to destroy
5. (transitive) to dissolve
6. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to come undone
7. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to disappear
8. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to melt
9. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to break up (to end a relationship)
10. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with de) to get rid of; to give away

    Estou me desfazendo de meus livros velhos.

    I'm giving my old books away.

• desfazimento