desaguar
Spanish, verb/desaˈɡwaɾ/
desaguar is spelled D-E-S-A-G-U-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 100,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desaguar is a Spanish verb meaning “to drain” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Transportar el agua de un recipiente a otro”.
What does desaguar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drain
- 2
to waste
- 3
colloquialsynonym of orinar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Transportar el agua de un recipiente a otro. 2. Dar salida a las aguas.
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 desaguar
- desaguo first-person present singular
- desagüé first-person preterite singular
- desaguado participle past
- gu-gü alternation
- desaguando gerund
- desaguada feminine participle past
- desaguados masculine participle past
- desaguadas feminine participle past
- desaguas indicative informal present
- desaguás indicative informal present
- desagua indicative present singular
- desaguamos first-person indicative plural
- desaguáis indicative plural present
- desaguan indicative plural present
- desaguaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desaguabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desaguábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desaguabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desaguar?
- /desaˈɡwaɾ/
- [d̪e.saˈɣ̞waɾ]
- [d̪esaˈɣ̞waɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desaguar in Spanish?
desaguar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).