desdecir
Spanish, verb/desdeˈθiɾ/
desdecir is spelled D-E-S-D-E-C-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish, the 195,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desdecir is a Spanish verb meaning “to deny” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desmentir”.
What does desdecir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deny
- 2
to go back on one's words, renege
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desmentir. 2. Negar la autenticidad de una cosa.
verb: 1. Degenerar una cosa o persona de su origen, educación o clase. 2. No convenir, no conformarse una cosa con otra. 3. Descaecer, venir a menos.
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 desdecir
- desdigo first-person present singular
- desdije first-person preterite singular
- desdicho participle past
- e-i alternation
- desdiciendo gerund
- desdicha feminine participle past
- desdichos masculine participle past
- desdichas feminine participle past
- desdices indicative informal present
- desdecís indicative informal present
- desdice indicative present singular
- desdecimos first-person indicative plural
- desdicen indicative plural present
- desdecía first-person imperfect indicative
- desdecías imperfect indicative second-person
- desdecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desdecíais imperfect indicative plural
- desdecían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desdecir?
- /desdeˈθiɾ/
- [d̪ez.ð̞eˈθiɾ]
- /desdeˈsiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desdecir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desdecir in Spanish?
desdecir appears about once in every 30 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).