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desconchar

Spanish, verb/deskonˈt͡ʃaɾ/

desconchar is a Spanish verb meaning “to chip; to damage the surface of something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar a una pared o muro parte de su enlucido o revestimiento”.

What does desconchar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to chip; to damage the surface of something

  2. 2

    to peel off

  3. 3

    to break down (to stop working)

  4. 4

    to ruin

  5. 5

    to dislocate

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Quitar a una pared o muro parte de su enlucido o revestimiento. 2. Quitar la corteza o piel de frutas, semillas, raíces o tubérculos.

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 desconchar

  • desconcho first-person present singular
  • desconché first-person preterite singular
  • desconchado participle past
  • desconchando gerund
  • desconchada feminine participle past
  • desconchados masculine participle past
  • desconchadas feminine participle past
  • desconchas indicative informal present
  • desconchás indicative informal present
  • desconcha indicative present singular
  • desconchamos first-person indicative plural
  • desconcháis indicative plural present
  • desconchan indicative plural present
  • desconchaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • desconchabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • desconchábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • desconchabais imperfect indicative plural
  • desconchaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desconchar?

  • /deskonˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • [d̪es.kõnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
  • [d̪eskõnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to desconchar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.