Spanish

Verb

prescindir ‎(first-person singular present prescindo, first-person singular preterite prescindí, past participle prescindido)

1. to do without
   • 1975, Jorge Luis Borges, The Book of Sand, "The Other", p. 15:

     Salvo en las severas páginas de la historia, los hechos memorables prescinden de frases memorables.

     Except for in the severe pages of history, memorable deeds do without memorable phrases.

Conjugation