desatar
Spanish, verb/desaˈtaɾ/
desatar is spelled D-E-S-A-T-A-R (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 26,728th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desatar is a Spanish verb meaning “to untie, undo, unfasten, unleash” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar ligaduras o nudos; soltar lo que estaba amarrado”.
What does desatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to untie, undo, unfasten, unleash
- 2
to provoke, set off, trigger (especially suddenly)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitar ligaduras o nudos; soltar lo que estaba amarrado. 2. Poner claridad en una situación, malentendido o asunto; clarificarlo. 3. Disolver o desunir las partes de algún sólido a través de un líquido, o por medio del calor. 4. Hacer que algo no tenga validez o repercusión.
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 desatar
- desato first-person present singular
- desaté first-person preterite singular
- desatado participle past
- desatando gerund
- desatada feminine participle past
- desatados masculine participle past
- desatadas feminine participle past
- desatas indicative informal present
- desatás indicative informal present
- desata indicative present singular
- desatamos first-person indicative plural
- desatáis indicative plural present
- desatan indicative plural present
- desataba first-person imperfect indicative
- desatabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desatábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desatabais imperfect indicative plural
- desataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desatar?
- /desaˈtaɾ/
- [d̪e.saˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪esaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desatar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desatar in Spanish?
desatar appears 1.5 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).