desechar
Spanish, verb/deseˈt͡ʃaɾ/
desechar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cast off, cast away, cast aside” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Expeler, arrojar”.
What does desechar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cast off, cast away, cast aside
- 2
to dispose, scrap, discard, throw away, throw out
- 3
to dismiss, to reject, to drop
La junta siempre desechan las ideas de sus subordinados.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Expeler, arrojar. 2. Deshacerse de algo o tirarlo a la basura. 3. Descartar una posibilidad o renunciar a ella. 4. Menospreciar, desestimar, hacer poco caso y aprecio.
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 desechar
- desecho first-person present singular
- deseché first-person preterite singular
- desechado participle past
- desechando gerund
- desechada feminine participle past
- desechados masculine participle past
- desechadas feminine participle past
- desechas indicative informal present
- desechás indicative informal present
- desecha indicative present singular
- desechamos first-person indicative plural
- desecháis indicative plural present
- desechan indicative plural present
- desechaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desechabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desechábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desechabais imperfect indicative plural
- desechaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desechar?
- /deseˈt͡ʃaɾ/
- [d̪e.seˈt͡ʃaɾ]
- [d̪eseˈt͡ʃaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desechar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desechar in Spanish?
desechar appears 1.4 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).