desenfocar
Spanish, verb/desenfoˈkaɾ/
desenfocar is spelled D-E-S-E-N-F-O-C-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish, the 220,080th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desenfocar is a Spanish verb meaning “to unfocus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer perder o desplazar del punto focal una imagen, afectando la nitidez con la que es percibida”.
What does desenfocar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unfocus
- 2
to twist, to distort (to change the truth or meaning of words)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer perder o desplazar del punto focal una imagen, afectando la nitidez con la que es percibida 2. Abordar un asunto cometiendo errores de apreciación o contexto
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 desenfocar
- desenfoco first-person present singular
- desenfoqué first-person preterite singular
- desenfocado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- desenfocando gerund
- desenfocada feminine participle past
- desenfocados masculine participle past
- desenfocadas feminine participle past
- desenfocas indicative informal present
- desenfocás indicative informal present
- desenfoca indicative present singular
- desenfocamos first-person indicative plural
- desenfocáis indicative plural present
- desenfocan indicative plural present
- desenfocaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desenfocabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desenfocábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desenfocabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desenfocar?
- /desenfoˈkaɾ/
- [d̪e.sẽɱ.foˈkaɾ]
- [d̪esẽɱfoˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desenfocar in Spanish?
desenfocar appears about once in every 38 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).