dese
Spanish, noun/ˈdese/
dese is spelled D-E-S-E (4 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 33,004th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dese is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “whatchamacallit, thingamabob” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular imperative of dar combined with se. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Objeto cuyo nombre no se recuerda”.
What does dese mean in English?
contraction
- 1
obsoleteof that, from that (followed by a masculine noun in plural)
noun
- 1
Mexicomasculinewhatchamacallit, thingamabob
verb
- 1
third-person singular imperative of dar combined with se
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Objeto cuyo nombre no se recuerda.
contraction: 1. Contracción de de y ese.
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 dese
- deses plural
- desa feminine
- desas feminine plural
- deso neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dese?
- /ˈdese/
- [ˈd̪e.se]
- [ˈd̪ese]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dese in Spanish?
dese appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).