desbastar
[d̪esβ̞asˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“desbastar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quitar las partes más bastas a algo que se haya de labrar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desbastar · desbastar · Spanish
desbastar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desbastar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esβ̞asˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desbastar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desbastar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esβ̞asˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for desbastar in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is desbastar, spelled D-E-S-B-A-S-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Quitar las partes más bastas a algo que se haya de labrar.
- 2Gastar, disminuir, debilitar.
- 3Quitar lo basto, encogido y grosero que tienen las personas rústicas por falta de educación.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desbastar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
me obligaron mucho tiempo a cortar y desbastar troncos en el bosque, y sobre todo, a transportarlos.
el árbol que debía talar debía ser grande, pues la tabla sería ancha. Necesitaba tres días para la tala y dos más para desbastarlo y dejar solo el tronco.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.