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Definition of descompasar in Spanish:
descompasar
transitive verb
- 1
Hacer perder el compás a alguien.
silbaba notas descompasadas de una canción; figurative gastos excesivos o descompasados lo arruinaron
pronominal verb
- 1
descompasarse Perder el compás [una persona].
me he desacompasado, ¿puedo repetir desde el primer estribillo?
- 2
descompasarse Actuar o hablar sin respeto o cortesía y saliéndose de los límites que se consideran permitidos o convenientes.
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