desenvainar
Spanish, verb/desembaiˈnaɾ/
desenvainar is spelled D-E-S-E-N-V-A-I-N-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish, the 136,710th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desenvainar is a Spanish verb meaning “to unsheathe/unsheath, to take out, to draw, to whip out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacar un arma blanca de su funda”.
What does desenvainar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unsheathe/unsheath, to take out, to draw, to whip out
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sacar un arma blanca de su funda. 2. Sacar las garras. 3. Por extensión descubrir algo que estaba oculto.
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 desenvainar
- desenvaino first-person present singular
- desenvainé first-person preterite singular
- desenvainado participle past
- desenvainando gerund
- desenvainada feminine participle past
- desenvainados masculine participle past
- desenvainadas feminine participle past
- desenvainas indicative informal present
- desenvainás indicative informal present
- desenvaina indicative present singular
- desenvainamos first-person indicative plural
- desenvaináis indicative plural present
- desenvainan indicative plural present
- desenvainaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desenvainabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desenvainábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desenvainabais imperfect indicative plural
- desenvainaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desenvainar?
- /desembaiˈnaɾ/
- [d̪e.sẽm.bai̯ˈnaɾ]
- [d̪esẽmbajˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desenvainar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desenvainar in Spanish?
desenvainar appears about once in every 13 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).