des
Spanish, preposition/ˈdes/
des is spelled D-E-S (3 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,814th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Des is a Spanish preposition meaning “synonym of desde” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of de. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Véase desde”.
What does des mean in English?
preposition
- 1
raresynonym of desde
noun
- 1
feminineplural of de
verb
- 1
second-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular voseo present subjunctive
prefix
- 1
dis-; indicative of a negative
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. Indica negación. 2. Indica que se hace lo contrario, que se invierte el proceso. 3. Se usa con el significado de fuera de. 4. Se usa para señalar un exceso.
preposition: 1. Véase desde.
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.
How do you pronounce des?
- /ˈdes/
- [ˈd̪es]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to des
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is des in Spanish?
des appears 48 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).