desgastar
Spanish, verb/desɡasˈtaɾ/
desgastar is spelled D-E-S-G-A-S-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desgastar is a Spanish verb meaning “to use up or wear out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar o consumir poco a poco por el uso o roce parte de algo”.
What does desgastar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to use up or wear out
- 2
to wear down, to erode, to wear away
- 3
to wear out, to get worn 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 consumir poco a poco por el uso o roce parte de algo. 2. Desperdiciar o malgastar. 3. Pervertir, viciar.
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 desgastar
- desgasto first-person present singular
- desgasté first-person preterite singular
- desgastado participle past
- desgastando gerund
- desgastada feminine participle past
- desgastados masculine participle past
- desgastadas feminine participle past
- desgastas indicative informal present
- desgastás indicative informal present
- desgasta indicative present singular
- desgastamos first-person indicative plural
- desgastáis indicative plural present
- desgastan indicative plural present
- desgastaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desgastabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desgastábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desgastabais imperfect indicative plural
- desgastaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desgastar?
- /desɡasˈtaɾ/
- [d̪ez.ɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desgastar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desgastar in Spanish?
desgastar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).