desenrascar

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From des- +‎ enrascar, from en- +‎ rasca (“dragnet”) +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === === Verb === desenrascar (first-person singular present desenrasco, first-person singular preterite desenrasquei, past participle desenrascado) (transitive) to disentangle (a net, dragnet) (transitive, nautical) to disentangle (cables, sails, flags) (transitive, reflexive) to get one(self) out of trouble or a difficult situation Synonym: safar (Portugal, colloquial, reflexive) to do something with relatively ease and improvisation Synonym: safar-se ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== desenrascanço === References === “desenrascar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “desenrascar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026