desgajar
Spanish, verb/desɡaˈxaɾ/
desgajar is spelled D-E-S-G-A-J-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desgajar is a Spanish verb meaning “to tear off” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desgarrar, arrancar, separar con violencia la rama del tronco de donde nace”.
What does desgajar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tear off
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desgarrar, arrancar, separar con violencia la rama del tronco de donde nace. 2. Despedazar, romper, deshacer una cosa unida y trabada.
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 desgajar
- desgajo first-person present singular
- desgajé first-person preterite singular
- desgajado participle past
- desgajando gerund
- desgajada feminine participle past
- desgajados masculine participle past
- desgajadas feminine participle past
- desgajas indicative informal present
- desgajás indicative informal present
- desgaja indicative present singular
- desgajamos first-person indicative plural
- desgajáis indicative plural present
- desgajan indicative plural present
- desgajaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desgajabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desgajábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desgajabais imperfect indicative plural
- desgajaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desgajar?
- /desɡaˈxaɾ/
- [d̪ez.ɣ̞aˈxaɾ]
- [d̪esɣ̞aˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desgajar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desgajar in Spanish?
desgajar appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).