desapego
Spanish, noun
desapego is spelled D-E-S-A-P-E-G-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,064th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desapego is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “indifference, playing it cool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desapegar. With an accent, desapegó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of desapegar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falta, carencia o pérdida de afición, apego, afecto, deseo, apasionamiento o interés. Distancia, alejamiento…”.
What does desapego mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineindifference, playing it cool
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desapegar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of desapegar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Falta, carencia o pérdida de afición, apego, afecto, deseo, apasionamiento o interés. Distancia, alejamiento, desvío emocional respecto a algo. Actitud neutral ante algo.
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 desapego
- desapegos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to desapego
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desapego in Spanish?
desapego appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).