descorchar
Spanish, verb/deskoɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/
descorchar is spelled D-E-S-C-O-R-C-H-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 108,574th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descorchar is a Spanish verb meaning “to uncork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar o arrancar el corcho al alcornoque”.
What does descorchar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to uncork
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitar o arrancar el corcho al alcornoque. 2. Romper el corcho de la colmena para sacar la miel. 3. Sacar el corcho que cierra una botella u otra vasija. 4. Romper, forzar un cepo, caja u otra cosa semejante, para robar lo que hay dentro.
verb: 1. Pagar un monto de dinero que se debía o que se había acordado aportar para un gasto colectivo.
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 descorchar
- descorcho first-person present singular
- descorché first-person preterite singular
- descorchado participle past
- descorchando gerund
- descorchada feminine participle past
- descorchados masculine participle past
- descorchadas feminine participle past
- descorchas indicative informal present
- descorchás indicative informal present
- descorcha indicative present singular
- descorchamos first-person indicative plural
- descorcháis indicative plural present
- descorchan indicative plural present
- descorchaba first-person imperfect indicative
- descorchabas imperfect indicative second-person
- descorchábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- descorchabais imperfect indicative plural
- descorchaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descorchar?
- /deskoɾˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [d̪es.koɾˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- [d̪eskoɾˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descorchar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descorchar in Spanish?
descorchar appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).