desacatar
Spanish, verb/desakaˈtaɾ/
desacatar is spelled D-E-S-A-C-A-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish, the 176,328th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desacatar is a Spanish verb meaning “to flout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “No hacer lo que manda la autoridad, la ley o las normas establecidas”.
What does desacatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flout
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. No hacer lo que manda la autoridad, la ley o las normas establecidas. 2. Faltar al respeto o a la reverencia, no tener en cuenta la autoridad o dignidad de un superior.
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 desacatar
- desacato first-person present singular
- desacaté first-person preterite singular
- desacatado participle past
- desacatando gerund
- desacatada feminine participle past
- desacatados masculine participle past
- desacatadas feminine participle past
- desacatas indicative informal present
- desacatás indicative informal present
- desacata indicative present singular
- desacatamos first-person indicative plural
- desacatáis indicative plural present
- desacatan indicative plural present
- desacataba first-person imperfect indicative
- desacatabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desacatábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desacatabais imperfect indicative plural
- desacataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desacatar?
- /desakaˈtaɾ/
- [d̪e.sa.kaˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪esakaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desacatar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desacatar in Spanish?
desacatar appears about once in every 23 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).