Spanish Word of the Day
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
destapar
verb: to open
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We saw tapa meaning cover in an earlier Spanish Word of the Day. From it derives destapar, which has several meanings. When referring to bottles, it means to open.
Destapamos una botella para cada uno. We opened a bottle for each person. -
When talking about things such as boxes and pans, it means to take the lid off:
Destapamos una botella para cada uno. We opened a bottle for each person.Cuandodestaparon la caja sintieron un olor de rosas frescas. When they took the lid off or opened the box, they smelled the scent of fresh roses. -
From the meaning of taking the lid off something, destapar comes to mean to uncover something unsavoury, such as a scandal.
Destapamos una botella para cada uno. We opened a bottle for each person.Cuandodestaparon la caja sintieron un olor de rosas frescas. When they took the lid off or opened the box, they smelled the scent of fresh roses.El periodista quedestapó el escandalo Watergate. The journalist who uncovered the Watergate scandal.
