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descartar

[deskaɾˈtaɾ]

verb

LanguageSpanish (Spain)

Meaning
  1. to rule out, to discard, to discount, to dismiss, to reject
  2. to discard
  3. to rule out
  4. To decide that something is not possible or useful. You may discard an idea or an option after thinking about it.
Examples

Debemos descartar esa posibilidad por falta de pruebas.

We must rule out that possibility due to a lack of evidence.

Pronunciationdeskaɾˈtaɾ

Part of speechverb

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.