derogar
Spanish, verb/deɾoˈɡaɾ/
derogar is spelled D-E-R-O-G-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,959th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Derogar is a Spanish verb meaning “to abolish, annul, repeal, overturn” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Abolir, dejar sin vigencia o modificar una ley, norma o precepto establecido, a menudo reemplazándolos con…”.
What does derogar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to abolish, annul, repeal, overturn
derogar la decisión
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Abolir, dejar sin vigencia o modificar una ley, norma o precepto establecido, a menudo reemplazándolos con una orden nueva. 2. Liquidar o destruir algo.^([cita requerida])
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 derogar
- derogo first-person present singular
- derogué first-person preterite singular
- derogado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- derogando gerund
- derogada feminine participle past
- derogados masculine participle past
- derogadas feminine participle past
- derogas indicative informal present
- derogás indicative informal present
- deroga indicative present singular
- derogamos first-person indicative plural
- derogáis indicative plural present
- derogan indicative plural present
- derogaba first-person imperfect indicative
- derogabas imperfect indicative second-person
- derogábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- derogabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce derogar?
- /deɾoˈɡaɾ/
- [d̪e.ɾoˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [d̪eɾoˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to derogar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is derogar in Spanish?
derogar appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).