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desfondar

Spanish, verb/desfonˈdaɾ/

desfondar is spelled D-E-S-F-O-N-D-A-R (9 letters). Desfondar is a Spanish verb meaning “to break (by causing the bottom of something to come out)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar o romper el fondo a un vaso o caja”.

What does desfondar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to break (by causing the bottom of something to come out)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Quitar o romper el fondo a un vaso o caja. 2. Romper, penetrar, agujerear el fondo de una nave.

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 desfondar

  • desfondo first-person present singular
  • desfondé first-person preterite singular
  • desfondado participle past
  • desfondando gerund
  • desfondada feminine participle past
  • desfondados masculine participle past
  • desfondadas feminine participle past
  • desfondas indicative informal present
  • desfondás indicative informal present
  • desfonda indicative present singular
  • desfondamos first-person indicative plural
  • desfondáis indicative plural present
  • desfondan indicative plural present
  • desfondaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • desfondabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • desfondábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • desfondabais imperfect indicative plural
  • desfondaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desfondar?

  • /desfonˈdaɾ/
  • [d̪es.fõn̪ˈd̪aɾ]
  • [d̪esfõn̪ˈd̪aɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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