desfigurar
Spanish, verb/desfiɡuˈɾaɾ/
desfigurar is spelled D-E-S-F-I-G-U-R-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 100,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desfigurar is a Spanish verb meaning “to disfigure, to deface” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desemejar, afear, ajar la composición, orden y hermosura del semblante y de las facciones”.
What does desfigurar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disfigure, to deface
- 2
to distort (e.g. the truth, facts)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desemejar, afear, ajar la composición, orden y hermosura del semblante y de las facciones. 2. Disfrazar y encubrir con apariencia diferente el propio semblante, la intención u otra cosa. 3. Obscurecer e impedir que se perciban las formas y figuras de las cosas. 4. Referir una cosa alterando sus verdaderas circunstancias.
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 desfigurar
- desfiguro first-person present singular
- desfiguré first-person preterite singular
- desfigurado participle past
- desfigurando gerund
- desfigurada feminine participle past
- desfigurados masculine participle past
- desfiguradas feminine participle past
- desfiguras indicative informal present
- desfigurás indicative informal present
- desfigura indicative present singular
- desfiguramos first-person indicative plural
- desfiguráis indicative plural present
- desfiguran indicative plural present
- desfiguraba first-person imperfect indicative
- desfigurabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desfigurábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desfigurabais imperfect indicative plural
- desfiguraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desfigurar?
- /desfiɡuˈɾaɾ/
- [d̪es.fi.ɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
- [d̪esfiɣ̞uˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desfigurar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desfigurar in Spanish?
desfigurar appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).