This is the 8314th most frequent Catalan word.
desdir
"Desdir" means "to contradict" or "to withdraw what was said."
In this sentence, 'desdir' is used to express not fulfilling or retracting a commitment or promise.
No em puc desdir de la promesa que he fet.
I cannot back out of the promise I made.
Here, 'desdir' is employed to refer to going back or retracting a statement made earlier.
Es va desdir del que havia afirmat prèviament.
He retracted what he had previously asserted.
In this example, 'desdir' is used to denote being inconsistent or contradictory to a norm or rule.