descuadrar
verb
1. to misalign, throw out of alignment
alignment
Common combinations
- descuadrar una puerta — to throw a door out of alignment
- descuadrar un marco — to misalign a frame
- El golpe descuadró la puerta.The blow threw the door out of alignment.
- La ventana quedó descuadrada.The window ended up misaligned.
- El marco se ha descuadrado.The frame has become misaligned.
2. to make the accounts not balance, throw out of balance
accounts or amounts
Common combinations
- descuadrar las cuentas — to make the accounts not balance
- descuadrar la caja — to make the cash register not balance
- descuadrar el presupuesto — to throw the budget out of balance
- Un error descuadró las cuentas.A mistake made the accounts not balance.
- El dinero de la caja descuadra por diez euros.The cash register is ten euros short.
- Este gasto ha descuadrado el presupuesto.This expense has thrown the budget out of balance.
3. to unsettle, disconcert
colloquial, Spain · disconcert
Common combinations
- descuadrar a alguien — to disconcert someone
- descuadrar los planes — to throw plans off
- Me descuadra que no quiera venir.It baffles me that he does not want to come.
- Su respuesta me descuadró.His answer unsettled me.
- Ese cambio de planes nos descuadra.That change of plans throws us off.