desfogar
Spanish, verb/desfoˈɡaɾ/
desfogar is spelled D-E-S-F-O-G-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 183,993rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desfogar is a Spanish verb meaning “to deflower” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Apagar la cal viva”.
What does desfogar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to deflower
- 2
colloquialto let off steam
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Apagar la cal viva. 2. Externar, a veces con violencia o gran emoción, los sentimientos o pasiones acumulados. 3. Liberar una gran cantidad agua o algún líquido acumulado en una represa o contenedor para evitar el colapso de la estructura.
verb: 1. Resolverse una tempestad, un chubasco, etc., en viento, en agua o en ambas cosas a la vez.
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 desfogar
- desfogo first-person present singular
- desfogué first-person preterite singular
- desfogado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- desfogando gerund
- desfogada feminine participle past
- desfogados masculine participle past
- desfogadas feminine participle past
- desfogas indicative informal present
- desfogás indicative informal present
- desfoga indicative present singular
- desfogamos first-person indicative plural
- desfogáis indicative plural present
- desfogan indicative plural present
- desfogaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desfogabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desfogábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desfogabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desfogar?
- /desfoˈɡaɾ/
- [d̪es.foˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [d̪esfoˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desfogar in Spanish?
desfogar appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).