descontrolar
Spanish, verb/deskontɾoˈlaɾ/
descontrolar is spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-T-R-O-L-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 125,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descontrolar is a Spanish verb meaning “to lose control” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacar de control a un proceso”.
What does descontrolar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lose control
- 2
to lose self-control, to lack control
- 3
to spin out of control, to come apart at the seams
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sacar de control a un proceso.
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 descontrolar
- descontrolo first-person present singular
- descontrolé first-person preterite singular
- descontrolado participle past
- descontrolando gerund
- descontrolada feminine participle past
- descontrolados masculine participle past
- descontroladas feminine participle past
- descontrolas indicative informal present
- descontrolás indicative informal present
- descontrola indicative present singular
- descontrolamos first-person indicative plural
- descontroláis indicative plural present
- descontrolan indicative plural present
- descontrolaba first-person imperfect indicative
- descontrolabas imperfect indicative second-person
- descontrolábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- descontrolabais imperfect indicative plural
- descontrolaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descontrolar?
- /deskontɾoˈlaɾ/
- [d̪es.kõn̪.t̪ɾoˈlaɾ]
- [d̪eskõn̪t̪ɾoˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is descontrolar in Spanish?
descontrolar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).