desembarrancar
Spanish, verb/desembaranˈkaɾ/
desembarrancar is spelled D-E-S-E-M-B-A-R-R-A-N-C-A-R (14 letters). Desembarrancar is a Spanish verb meaning “to refloat (after being aground)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Volver a flotar luego de haber estado una embarcación encallada”.
What does desembarrancar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to refloat (after being aground)
- 2
to unstrand
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Volver a flotar luego de haber estado una embarcación encallada.
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 desembarrancar
- desembarranco first-person present singular
- desembarranqué first-person preterite singular
- desembarrancado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- desembarrancando gerund
- desembarrancada feminine participle past
- desembarrancados masculine participle past
- desembarrancadas feminine participle past
- desembarrancas indicative informal present
- desembarrancás indicative informal present
- desembarranca indicative present singular
- desembarrancamos first-person indicative plural
- desembarrancáis indicative plural present
- desembarrancan indicative plural present
- desembarrancaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desembarrancabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desembarrancábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desembarrancabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desembarrancar?
- /desembaranˈkaɾ/
- [d̪e.sẽm.ba.rãŋˈkaɾ]
- [d̪esẽmbarãŋˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.