deseo
Spanish, noun
deseo is spelled D-E-S-E-O (5 letters) and appears 81 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,084th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deseo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “desire, wish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desear. With an accent, deseó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of desear”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Atracción por algo hasta el punto de quererlo obtener o alcanzar”.
What does deseo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedesire, wish
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desear
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of desear
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Atracción por algo hasta el punto de quererlo obtener o alcanzar. 2. Pasión de carácter sexual.
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 deseo
- deseos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to deseo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deseo in Spanish?
deseo appears 81 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).