diskabresta

Kabuverdianu

FWOTD – 7 July 2015

Etymology

From Portuguese descabrestar, alternative form of desencabrestar (“to take off a halter, to lose control”), from cabresto (“halter”).

Pronunciation

• (Santiago) IPA^(key): /diskɐˈbɾestɐ/

Verb

diskabresta

1. to lose self-control

References

• “diskabresta” in Jürgen Lang, Dicionário do Crioulo da Ilha de Santiago (Cabo Verde) (2002).