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desenvolver

Spanish, verb/desembolˈbeɾ/

desenvolver is spelled D-E-S-E-N-V-O-L-V-E-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 84,644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desenvolver is a Spanish verb meaning “to unwrap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does desenvolver mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to unwrap

  2. 2

    to develop

  3. 3

    to manage the situation

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

Forms of desenvolver

  • desenvuelvo first-person present singular
  • desenvolví first-person preterite singular
  • desenvuelto participle past
  • o-ue alternation
  • desenvolviendo gerund
  • desenvuelta feminine participle past
  • desenvueltos masculine participle past
  • desenvueltas feminine participle past
  • desenvuelves indicative informal present
  • desenvolvés indicative informal present
  • desenvuelve indicative present singular
  • desenvolvemos first-person indicative plural
  • desenvolvéis indicative plural present
  • desenvuelven indicative plural present
  • desenvolvía first-person imperfect indicative
  • desenvolvías imperfect indicative second-person
  • desenvolvíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • desenvolvíais imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce desenvolver?

  • /desembolˈbeɾ/
  • [d̪e.sẽm.bolˈβ̞eɾ]

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

How common is desenvolver in Spanish?

desenvolver appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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