decebir
Spanish, verb/deθeˈbiɾ/
decebir is spelled D-E-C-E-B-I-R (7 letters). Decebir is a Spanish verb meaning “to deceive” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer creer o concebir que algo falso es cierto; producir la ilusión de que algo irreal es real”.
What does decebir mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto deceive
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer creer o concebir que algo falso es cierto; producir la ilusión de que algo irreal es real.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of decebir
- decibo first-person present singular
- decebí first-person preterite singular
- decebido participle past
- e-i alternation
- decibiendo gerund
- decebida feminine participle past
- decebidos masculine participle past
- decebidas feminine participle past
- decibes indicative informal present
- decebís indicative informal present
- decibe indicative present singular
- decebimos first-person indicative plural
- deciben indicative plural present
- decebía first-person imperfect indicative
- decebías imperfect indicative second-person
- decebíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- decebíais imperfect indicative plural
- decebían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decebir?
- /deθeˈbiɾ/
- [d̪e.θeˈβ̞iɾ]
- /deseˈbiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decebir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.