to untack; to remove basting threads from; to unravel (to clear from complication or difficulty)
“Junca, de 34 años, deshilvana una serie de guantes negros de lana, que descansan en el piso, y los convierte, paradójicamente, en instrucciones de uso.” — Junca, who is 34, untacks a series of black wool gloves, which rest on the floor, and he turns them, paradoxically, into directions for use.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old Spanish des- Spanish des- Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiH-(s-)lo-der. Proto-Italic *fī(s)lom Latin fīlum Old Spanish filo Spanish hilo Spanish vano Spanish hilván Spanish -ar Spanish hilvanar Spanish deshilvanar From des- (negation prefix) + hilvanar (“to baste or stitch together”).