desencantar
Spanish, verb/desenkanˈtaɾ/
desencantar is spelled D-E-S-E-N-C-A-N-T-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish, the 191,875th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desencantar is a Spanish verb meaning “to disenchant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deshacer el encanto”.
What does desencantar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disenchant
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Deshacer el encanto.
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 desencantar
- desencanto first-person present singular
- desencanté first-person preterite singular
- desencantado participle past
- desencantando gerund
- desencantada feminine participle past
- desencantados masculine participle past
- desencantadas feminine participle past
- desencantas indicative informal present
- desencantás indicative informal present
- desencanta indicative present singular
- desencantamos first-person indicative plural
- desencantáis indicative plural present
- desencantan indicative plural present
- desencantaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desencantabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desencantábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desencantabais imperfect indicative plural
- desencantaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desencantar?
- /desenkanˈtaɾ/
- [d̪e.sẽŋ.kãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪esẽŋkãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desencantar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desencantar in Spanish?
desencantar appears about once in every 28 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).