desajustar
Spanish, verb/desaxusˈtaɾ/
desajustar is spelled D-E-S-A-J-U-S-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish, the 298,369th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desajustar is a Spanish verb meaning “to upset” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Relajar o liberar o separar algo que estaba ajustado”.
What does desajustar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to upset
- 2
to disarrange, disorder, clutter
- 3
to be out of adjustment, disadjust, misadjust (adjust or set wrongly)
Tengo desajustados los cambios de la bicicleta.
- 4
to be out of adjustment, go out of adjustment, disadjust, misadjust (lose adjustment)
Se me han desajustado los cambios de la bicicleta.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Relajar o liberar o separar algo que estaba ajustado. 2. Establecer una diferencia entre dos sistemas o parámetros previamente concordantes.
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 desajustar
- desajusto first-person present singular
- desajusté first-person preterite singular
- desajustado participle past
- desajustando gerund
- desajustada feminine participle past
- desajustados masculine participle past
- desajustadas feminine participle past
- desajustas indicative informal present
- desajustás indicative informal present
- desajusta indicative present singular
- desajustamos first-person indicative plural
- desajustáis indicative plural present
- desajustan indicative plural present
- desajustaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desajustabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desajustábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desajustabais imperfect indicative plural
- desajustaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desajustar?
- /desaxusˈtaɾ/
- [d̪e.sa.xusˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪esaxusˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desajustar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desajustar in Spanish?
desajustar appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).