dechavar

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === dichavar, dixavar, dexavar === Etymology === Sense 2 is attested as slang in the 1950s, while sense 1 – which presumably developed from it – is attested as criminal slang in the 1960s. The spellings dichavar, dechavar and dixavar are attested within one decade of one another (the latter as eye dialect). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: de‧cha‧var === Verb === dechavar (first-person singular present dechavo, first-person singular preterite dechavei, past participle dechavado) (Brazil, informal) (transitive, slang, of drugs) to break down into a usable form; to shred (tobacco and cannabis leaves); to pulverize and portion (cocaine) (transitive or intransitive) to perform (something) very well; to nail; to rock Synonym: arrasar (intransitive) to shred (to overwhelmingly defeat another) Synonym: esculachar (transitive) to criticize harshly Synonym: tesourar (transitive) to break down, to detail (to explain carefully and in detail) Synonyms: destrinchar, destrinçar, esmiuçar (transitive) to hide, conceal (intransitive) to hide (oneself); to change one's behavior so as to conceal something ==== Usage notes ==== Now almost exclusively used in sense 1 and specificially in regards to cannabis. See also dechavador. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “dechavar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026 “dichavar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026