desbaratar
Spanish, verb/desbaɾaˈtaɾ/
desbaratar is spelled D-E-S-B-A-R-A-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 42,307th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desbaratar is a Spanish verb meaning “to ruin, destroy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deshacer o arruinar una cosa”.
What does desbaratar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ruin, destroy
- 2
to spoil
- 3
to rout
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Deshacer o arruinar una cosa. 2. Disipar, malgastar los bienes. 3. Hablando de las cosas inmateriales, cortar, impedir, estorbar. 4. Desordenar, desconcertar, poner en confusión a los contrarios.
verb: 1. Disparatar.
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 desbaratar
- desbarato first-person present singular
- desbaraté first-person preterite singular
- desbaratado participle past
- desbaratando gerund
- desbaratada feminine participle past
- desbaratados masculine participle past
- desbaratadas feminine participle past
- desbaratas indicative informal present
- desbaratás indicative informal present
- desbarata indicative present singular
- desbaratamos first-person indicative plural
- desbaratáis indicative plural present
- desbaratan indicative plural present
- desbarataba first-person imperfect indicative
- desbaratabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desbaratábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desbaratabais imperfect indicative plural
- desbarataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desbaratar?
- /desbaɾaˈtaɾ/
- [d̪ez.β̞a.ɾaˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪esβ̞aɾaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desbaratar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desbaratar in Spanish?
desbaratar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).