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desteñir

1. (to dissolve color)

El cloro destiñó la mancha de vino, pero no la eliminó por completo.The bleach discolored the wine stain, but it didn't remove it completely.

b. to discolour (United Kingdom)

Tantas lavadas destiñeron mis jeans.So many washes discoloured my jeans.

c. to fade

El sol destiñó la ropa que dejé afuera.The sun faded the clothes I left outside.

2. (to dissolve color)

a. to run

Esta playera no destiñe en la lavadora.This T-shirt doesn't run in the washing machine.

desteñirse

3. (to lose color)

a. to fade

El color rojo no se destiñe tan rápido como otros colores.Red doesn't fade as fast as other colors do.

b. to run

No creo que la ropa se destiña en la secadora.I don't think the clothes will run in the dryer.

desteñir

1. (decolorar)

a. to fade, to bleach

2. (manchar)

a. to discolor

3. (general)

a. to run, not to be color fast

estos pantalones destiñenthe color in these trousers runs

4. (general)

a. to fade

desteñir

transitive verb

(quitar el color a) to fade; discolour; discolor; (EEUU)

intransitive verb

pronominal verb

desteñirse

1 (perder color) to run

se ha desteñido la camiseta the T-shirt has run

2 (manchar) to run

esta tela no destiñe this fabric won't run

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Verb Conjugations for desteñir

Present Participle: destiñendo

Past Participle: desteñido,destinto

Indicative

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	Present	Preterite	Imperfect	Conditional	Future
yo	destiño	desteñí	desteñía	desteñiría	desteñiré
tú	destiñes	desteñiste	desteñías	desteñirías	desteñirás
él/ella/Ud.	destiñe	destiñó	desteñía	desteñiría	desteñirá
nosotros	desteñimos	desteñimos	desteñíamos	desteñiríamos	desteñiremos
vosotros	desteñís	desteñisteis	desteñíais	desteñiríais	desteñiréis
ellos/ellas/Uds.	destiñen	destiñeron	desteñían	desteñirían	desteñirán