descolgar
Spanish, verb/deskolˈɡaɾ/
descolgar is spelled D-E-S-C-O-L-G-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descolgar is a Spanish verb meaning “to unhang, let down, lower, take down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Bajar lo que está colgado”.
What does descolgar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unhang, let down, lower, take down
- 2
to pick up (a telephone receiver)
- 3
to fall behind (in a race)
- 4
colloquialto show up, do or say something out of the blue
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Bajar lo que está colgado. 2. Bajar o dejar caer poco a poco una cosa pendiente de cuerda, cadena o cinta. 3. Hablando de un aposento, una casa, una iglesia, etc., quitar los adornos que tiene, especialmente las colgaduras. 4. Levantar el teléfono para contestar una llamada.
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 descolgar
- descuelgo first-person present singular
- descolgué first-person preterite singular
- descolgado participle past
- o-ue alternation
- g-gu alternation
- descolgando gerund
- descolgada feminine participle past
- descolgados masculine participle past
- descolgadas feminine participle past
- descuelgas indicative informal present
- descolgás indicative informal present
- descuelga indicative present singular
- descolgamos first-person indicative plural
- descolgáis indicative plural present
- descuelgan indicative plural present
- descolgaba first-person imperfect indicative
- descolgabas imperfect indicative second-person
- descolgábamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descolgar?
- /deskolˈɡaɾ/
- [d̪es.kolˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [d̪eskolˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descolgar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descolgar in Spanish?
descolgar 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).