What does «desahogar» mean in Spanish?
- Relieving a person of grief, needs or work.
- To give free course to a feeling or passion, to relieve oneself of these.
Examples of use in Spanish: "desahogar su ira contra uno".
"Ya se ha desahogado llorando".
- Recovering from fatigue or heat.
- To get rid of debts or a complicated economic situation. To free oneself from economic strangulation.
Examples of use in Spanish: "se desahogaron cuando terminaron de pagar sus últimas deudas".
- To confide, to confide in a person: to unburden oneself to a friend.
- To speak one's mind or make confidences to someone, especially about sorrows or fatigues that afflict one.
Examples of use in Spanish: "Tengo la necesidad de desahogarme, no aguanto más esto dentro de mí".
- Clear a space.
Examples of use in Spanish: "desahogar el depósito".