desatender
Spanish, verb/desatenˈdeɾ/
desatender is spelled D-E-S-A-T-E-N-D-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 83,712th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desatender is a Spanish verb meaning “ignore, neglect (pay no attention)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “No prestar atención a lo que se dice o hace”.
What does desatender mean in English?
verb
- 1
ignore, neglect (pay no attention)
- 2
disregard
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. No prestar atención a lo que se dice o hace. 2. No hacer caso o aprecio de una persona o cosa. 3. No corresponder, no asistir con lo que es debido.
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 desatender
- desatiendo first-person present singular
- desatendí first-person preterite singular
- desatendido participle past
- e-ie alternation
- desatendiendo gerund
- desatendida feminine participle past
- desatendidos masculine participle past
- desatendidas feminine participle past
- desatiendes indicative informal present
- desatendés indicative informal present
- desatiende indicative present singular
- desatendemos first-person indicative plural
- desatendéis indicative plural present
- desatienden indicative plural present
- desatendía first-person imperfect indicative
- desatendías imperfect indicative second-person
- desatendíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desatendíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desatender?
- /desatenˈdeɾ/
- [d̪e.sa.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- [d̪esat̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desatender
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desatender in Spanish?
desatender appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).