desfalcar
Spanish, verb/desfalˈkaɾ/
desfalcar is spelled D-E-S-F-A-L-C-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish, the 170,811th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desfalcar is a Spanish verb meaning “to embezzle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Coger alguien indebidamente una cantidad de dinero que tiene bajo su custodia”.
What does desfalcar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to embezzle
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Coger alguien indebidamente una cantidad de dinero que tiene bajo su custodia.
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 desfalcar
- desfalco first-person present singular
- desfalqué first-person preterite singular
- desfalcado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- desfalcando gerund
- desfalcada feminine participle past
- desfalcados masculine participle past
- desfalcadas feminine participle past
- desfalcas indicative informal present
- desfalcás indicative informal present
- desfalca indicative present singular
- desfalcamos first-person indicative plural
- desfalcáis indicative plural present
- desfalcan indicative plural present
- desfalcaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desfalcabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desfalcábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desfalcabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desfalcar?
- /desfalˈkaɾ/
- [d̪es.falˈkaɾ]
- [d̪esfalˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desfalcar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desfalcar in Spanish?
desfalcar appears about once in every 22 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).