unscrew

English

Etymology

un- +‎ screw

Verb

unscrew (third-person singular simple present unscrews, present participle unscrewing, simple past and past participle unscrewed)

(transitive) To loosen a screw or thing by turning it.
I'm having some trouble unscrewing the lid of this jar.

Antonyms

screw

Translations

loosen a screw etc.

Finnish: ruuvata auki (of screws); kiertää auki (of something else, like a lid)
Galician: desaparafusar
German: abschrauben (de), losschrauben
Ido: desskrubagar (io), desvisar (io)
Mongolian: эрэг сулрах (ereg sulrah)

Norwegian:
Bokmål: skru ut
Portuguese: desaparafusar, desparafusar
Spanish: destornillar (es), desatornillar (es)