desear
Spanish, verb/deseˈaɾ/
desear is spelled D-E-S-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears 10 times per million words in written Spanish, the 7,116th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desear is a Spanish verb meaning “to wish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Querer una cosa con mucho anhelo”.
What does desear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wish
Cumpleaños Feliz! Cumpleaños Feliz! Te deseamos todos. Cumpleaños Feliz!
- 2
to desire, to want, to hope for, to long for
Deja mucho que desear.
- 3
to look forward to
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Querer una cosa con mucho anhelo. 2. Sentir atracción sexual por alguien.
verb: 1. (querer + infinitivo) Querer hacer.
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 desear
- deseo first-person present singular
- deseé first-person preterite singular
- deseado participle past
- deseando gerund
- deseada feminine participle past
- deseados masculine participle past
- deseadas feminine participle past
- deseas indicative informal present
- deseás indicative informal present
- desea indicative present singular
- deseamos first-person indicative plural
- deseáis indicative plural present
- desean indicative plural present
- deseaba first-person imperfect indicative
- deseabas imperfect indicative second-person
- deseábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- deseabais imperfect indicative plural
- deseaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desear?
- /deseˈaɾ/
- [d̪e.seˈaɾ]
- [d̪eseˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desear in Spanish?
desear appears 10 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).