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desensibilizar

Spanish, verb/desensibiliˈθaɾ/

desensibilizar is a Spanish verb meaning “to desensitize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitarle la sensibilidad (a alguien)”.

What does desensibilizar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to desensitize

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Quitarle la sensibilidad (a alguien).

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 desensibilizar

  • desensibilizo first-person present singular
  • desensibilicé first-person preterite singular
  • desensibilizado participle past
  • c-z alternation
  • desensibilizando gerund
  • desensibilizada feminine participle past
  • desensibilizados masculine participle past
  • desensibilizadas feminine participle past
  • desensibilizas indicative informal present
  • desensibilizás indicative informal present
  • desensibiliza indicative present singular
  • desensibilizamos first-person indicative plural
  • desensibilizáis indicative plural present
  • desensibilizan indicative plural present
  • desensibilizaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • desensibilizabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • desensibilizábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • desensibilizabais imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desensibilizar?

  • /desensibiliˈθaɾ/
  • [d̪e.sẽn.si.β̞i.liˈθaɾ]
  • /desensibiliˈsaɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to desensibilizar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.