desenterrar
Spanish, verb/desenteˈraɾ/
desenterrar is spelled D-E-S-E-N-T-E-R-R-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 43,425th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desenterrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to exhume, to disinter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacar a la luz algo que estaba previamente enterrado, cubierto por tierra”.
What does desenterrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to exhume, to disinter
- 2
to dig up (something)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sacar a la luz algo que estaba previamente enterrado, cubierto por tierra. 2. Sacar algo del olvido. 3. Encontrar algo que estaba oculto o tapado por muchas otras cosas.
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 desenterrar
- desentierro first-person present singular
- desenterré first-person preterite singular
- desenterrado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- desenterrando gerund
- desenterrada feminine participle past
- desenterrados masculine participle past
- desenterradas feminine participle past
- desentierras indicative informal present
- desenterrás indicative informal present
- desentierra indicative present singular
- desenterramos first-person indicative plural
- desenterráis indicative plural present
- desentierran indicative plural present
- desenterraba first-person imperfect indicative
- desenterrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desenterrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desenterrabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desenterrar?
- /desenteˈraɾ/
- [d̪e.sẽn̪.t̪eˈraɾ]
- [d̪esẽn̪t̪eˈraɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desenterrar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desenterrar in Spanish?
desenterrar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).