desescalar
Spanish, verb/deseskaˈlaɾ/
desescalar is spelled D-E-S-E-S-C-A-L-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish, the 271,310th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desescalar is a Spanish verb meaning “to de-escalate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reducirse un conflicto o confrontación en intensidad o magnitud”.
What does desescalar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to de-escalate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reducirse un conflicto o confrontación en intensidad o magnitud
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 desescalar
- desescalo first-person present singular
- desescalé first-person preterite singular
- desescalado participle past
- desescalando gerund
- desescalada feminine participle past
- desescalados masculine participle past
- desescaladas feminine participle past
- desescalas indicative informal present
- desescalás indicative informal present
- desescala indicative present singular
- desescalamos first-person indicative plural
- desescaláis indicative plural present
- desescalan indicative plural present
- desescalaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desescalabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desescalábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desescalabais imperfect indicative plural
- desescalaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desescalar?
- /deseskaˈlaɾ/
- [d̪e.ses.kaˈlaɾ]
- [d̪eseskaˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desescalar in Spanish?
desescalar appears about once in every 60 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).