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desmenuzar

to crumble

verb dehs-meh-noo-SAHR Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Also means

to shred

Usage Note

Desmenuzar means to break something into small pieces — crumbling bread, shredding meat, or picking apart an argument. In figurative use it means to analyze or dissect in detail: desmenuzar un texto (to break down a text). The -z- changes to -c- before -e in conjugation: desmenuzo, desmenuce.

Examples

"Desmenuzó el pollo con un tenedor."

Natural Translation

She shredded the chicken with a fork.

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