desafectar
Spanish, verb/desafeɡˈtaɾ/
desafectar is spelled D-E-S-A-F-E-C-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish, the 265,703rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desafectar is a Spanish verb meaning “to withdraw from public use” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desvincular, de modo formal o tácito, del uso o servicio público a un bien, obra o propiedad que era de…”.
What does desafectar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to withdraw from public use
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desvincular, de modo formal o tácito, del uso o servicio público a un bien, obra o propiedad que era de dominio público.
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 desafectar
- desafecto first-person present singular
- desafecté first-person preterite singular
- desafectado participle past
- desafectando gerund
- desafectada feminine participle past
- desafectados masculine participle past
- desafectadas feminine participle past
- desafectas indicative informal present
- desafectás indicative informal present
- desafecta indicative present singular
- desafectamos first-person indicative plural
- desafectáis indicative plural present
- desafectan indicative plural present
- desafectaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desafectabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desafectábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desafectabais imperfect indicative plural
- desafectaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desafectar?
- /desafeɡˈtaɾ/
- [d̪e.sa.feɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪esafekˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desafectar in Spanish?
desafectar appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).