desaparecer
Spanish, verb/desapaɾeˈθeɾ/
desaparecer is spelled D-E-S-A-P-A-R-E-C-E-R (11 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,991st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desaparecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to disappear, to go missing, to vanish, to be gone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dejar de estar a la vista o de ser visible”.
What does desaparecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disappear, to go missing, to vanish, to be gone
Mis llaves han desaparecido.
- 2
to drop off (e.g. the map, the face of the earth)
- 3
to go away, to fade, to wear off, to subside
Ignorar esto no lo hace desaparecer.
- 4
to make disappear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dejar de estar a la vista o de ser visible. 2. Dejar de existir una cosa. 3. Dejar de estar vivo.
verb: 1. Secuestrar a una persona y ocultar su paradero, generalmente para torturarla o matarla sin dejar registro.
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 desaparecer
- desaparezco first-person present singular
- desaparecí first-person preterite singular
- desaparecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- desapareciendo gerund
- desaparecida feminine participle past
- desaparecidos masculine participle past
- desaparecidas feminine participle past
- desapareces indicative informal present
- desaparecés indicative informal present
- desaparece indicative present singular
- desaparecemos first-person indicative plural
- desaparecéis indicative plural present
- desaparecen indicative plural present
- desaparecía first-person imperfect indicative
- desaparecías imperfect indicative second-person
- desaparecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desaparecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desaparecer?
- /desapaɾeˈθeɾ/
- [d̪e.sa.pa.ɾeˈθeɾ]
- /desapaɾeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desaparecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desaparecer in Spanish?
desaparecer appears 20 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).