descentrar
Spanish, verb/desθenˈtɾaɾ/
descentrar is spelled D-E-S-C-E-N-T-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish, the 265,703rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descentrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to put or make off-centre” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que algo deje de tener su centro en la posición en que debe estar”.
What does descentrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put or make off-centre
- 2
to remove from the centre of attention, to cease focusing on or emphasizing
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que algo deje de tener su centro en la posición en que debe estar. 2. Hacer que alguien pierda su curso ordenado de acción o pensamiento; sacarle de su centro.
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 descentrar
- descentro first-person present singular
- descentré first-person preterite singular
- descentrado participle past
- descentrando gerund
- descentrada feminine participle past
- descentrados masculine participle past
- descentradas feminine participle past
- descentras indicative informal present
- descentrás indicative informal present
- descentra indicative present singular
- descentramos first-person indicative plural
- descentráis indicative plural present
- descentran indicative plural present
- descentraba first-person imperfect indicative
- descentrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- descentrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- descentrabais imperfect indicative plural
- descentraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descentrar?
- /desθenˈtɾaɾ/
- [d̪es.θẽn̪ˈt̪ɾaɾ]
- /desenˈtɾaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descentrar in Spanish?
descentrar appears about once in every 58 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).