desertificar
Spanish, verb/deseɾtifiˈkaɾ/
desertificar is spelled D-E-S-E-R-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (12 letters). Desertificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to desertify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Convertir en desierto vastas extensiones de tierras fértiles”.
What does desertificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to desertify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Convertir en desierto vastas extensiones de tierras fértiles.
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 desertificar
- desertifico first-person present singular
- desertifiqué first-person preterite singular
- desertificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- desertificando gerund
- desertificada feminine participle past
- desertificados masculine participle past
- desertificadas feminine participle past
- desertificas indicative informal present
- desertificás indicative informal present
- desertifica indicative present singular
- desertificamos first-person indicative plural
- desertificáis indicative plural present
- desertifican indicative plural present
- desertificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desertificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desertificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desertificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desertificar?
- /deseɾtifiˈkaɾ/
- [d̪e.seɾ.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- [d̪eseɾt̪ifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.