desenrollar

to unroll

desenrollar(dehs-ehn-rroh-yahr)

transitive verb

1. (to spread out)

a. to unroll

Tobías desenrolló el pergamino y leyó en silencio.

Tobias unrolled the scroll and read to himself.

b. to unwind

Desenrolle el cable de alimentación antes de hacer funcionar el dispositivo.

Unwind the power cable before operating the device.

desenrollarse

pronominal verb

2. (to become spread out)

a. to unroll

Después de tenerlo guardado en un tubo de cartón mucho tiempo, mi póster nuevo no se desenrolla.

After keeping it in a cardboard tube for a long time, my new poster won't unroll.

b. to unwind

El sedal se atascó y no se desenrollaba del carrete.

The fishing line got stuck and won't unwound from the spool.