defoliar
Spanish, verb/defoˈljaɾ/
defoliar is spelled D-E-F-O-L-I-A-R (8 letters). Defoliar is a Spanish verb meaning “to defoliate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proceso de eliminación de hojas de manera intencional”.
What does defoliar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to defoliate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Proceso de eliminación de hojas de manera intencional
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 defoliar
- defolio first-person present singular
- defolié first-person preterite singular
- defoliado participle past
- defoliando gerund
- defoliada feminine participle past
- defoliados masculine participle past
- defoliadas feminine participle past
- defolias indicative informal present
- defoliás indicative informal present
- defolia indicative present singular
- defoliamos first-person indicative plural
- defoliáis indicative plural present
- defolian indicative plural present
- defoliaba first-person imperfect indicative
- defoliabas imperfect indicative second-person
- defoliábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- defoliabais imperfect indicative plural
- defoliaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce defoliar?
- /defoˈljaɾ/
- [d̪e.foˈljaɾ]
- [d̪efoˈljaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to defoliar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.