desempatar
Spanish, verb/desempaˈtaɾ/
desempatar is spelled D-E-S-E-M-P-A-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 125,209th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desempatar is a Spanish verb meaning “to break a tie, to act as a tiebreaker, to break the deadlock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Romper o acabar con el empate que hay entre dos contendientes”.
What does desempatar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to break a tie, to act as a tiebreaker, to break the deadlock
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Romper o acabar con el empate que hay entre dos contendientes.
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 desempatar
- desempato first-person present singular
- desempaté first-person preterite singular
- desempatado participle past
- desempatando gerund
- desempatada feminine participle past
- desempatados masculine participle past
- desempatadas feminine participle past
- desempatas indicative informal present
- desempatás indicative informal present
- desempata indicative present singular
- desempatamos first-person indicative plural
- desempatáis indicative plural present
- desempatan indicative plural present
- desempataba first-person imperfect indicative
- desempatabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desempatábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desempatabais imperfect indicative plural
- desempataban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desempatar?
- /desempaˈtaɾ/
- [d̪e.sẽm.paˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪esẽmpaˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desempatar in Spanish?
desempatar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).