descalabrar
Spanish, verb/deskalaˈbɾaɾ/
descalabrar is spelled D-E-S-C-A-L-A-B-R-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish, the 282,928th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descalabrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to hit, especially in the head” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Herir a alguien en la cabeza”.
What does descalabrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hit, especially in the head
- 2
to damage, to ruin
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Herir a alguien en la cabeza. 2. Por extensión, herir o maltratar. 3. Causar daño o perjuicio.
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 descalabrar
- descalabro first-person present singular
- descalabré first-person preterite singular
- descalabrado participle past
- descalabrando gerund
- descalabrada feminine participle past
- descalabrados masculine participle past
- descalabradas feminine participle past
- descalabras indicative informal present
- descalabrás indicative informal present
- descalabra indicative present singular
- descalabramos first-person indicative plural
- descalabráis indicative plural present
- descalabran indicative plural present
- descalabraba first-person imperfect indicative
- descalabrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- descalabrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- descalabrabais imperfect indicative plural
- descalabraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descalabrar?
- /deskalaˈbɾaɾ/
- [d̪es.ka.laˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
- [d̪eskalaˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descalabrar in Spanish?
descalabrar appears about once in every 66 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).