What does "desportillados" mean?

Question

What does desportillados mean?

Answer 1

My best attempt is chipped (referring to more than one thing)

Past participle of desportillar being used as an adjective:

RAE

Deteriorar o maltratar algo, quitándole parte del canto o boca y haciendo portillo o abertura.

Merriam- Webster

Translation of DESPORTILLAR

to chip

desportillarse reflexive verb

Examples of DESPORTILLAR

1. hemos tenido que tirar varios platos y vasos que se han desportillado en la mudanza

2. un asiento desportillado

3. tazas desportilladas

Thanks, it makes sense given the context. - thomaskelleher, Dec 14, 2011

Answer 2

desportillar.

1. tr. Deteriorar o maltratar algo, quitándole parte del canto o boca y haciendo portillo o abertura. U. t. c. prnl.

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this is what the SD dictionary refers to:

1. Architecture . a surface that makes an oblique angle with another, as where the opening through a wall for a window or door widens from the window or door proper toward the face of the wall.

these synonyms may tell you more than the definitions

What is the context?:

I like the chip the edges defintion.

Answer 3

somene who plays sports

Answer 4

Wouldn't this refer to someone who splays?

Nevermind, that would be desportilladores - erikjgray, Dec 13, 2011

I don't think Spanish works quite like English. The RAE dictionary doesn't recognize "desportillador." In what sense are you using "splayed," the architectural? - territurtle, Dec 13, 2011