desgastar

[d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ]

/[d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

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The verdict

“desgastar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,985 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#62,985
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quitar o consumir poco a poco por el uso o roce parte de algo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-desgastar · desgastar · Spanish

desgastar · rank #62,985 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #62,985
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH deshecha

Nearest frequency peer: deshecha (+2 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “desgastar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “desgastar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for desgastar
PropertyValue
Headworddesgastar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#62,985
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “desgastar” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).desgastarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “deshecha” (#62,987), “desconsiderado” (#62,982), “deshonrado” (#62,988). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “desgastar” va en #62,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

desgastar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,985 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

desgastar doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is desgastar, spelled D-E-S-G-A-S-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quitar o consumir poco a poco por el uso o roce parte de algo.
  2. 2
    Desperdiciar o malgastar.
  3. 3
    Pervertir, viciar.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how desgastar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Thor se divertía locamente, aún a costa de desgastar sus colmillos».
  2. «Se les exigía escatimar desplazamientos para no desgastar el suelo y así, cuando no tenían más remedio que cruzar el pasillo, lanzaban un aviso para que Wences corriera a salpicar el trayecto de hojas de periódico que al caminante le servían de boyas para surcar el pavimento encerado».

Synonyms

erosionarroerderrocharprodigar

Antonyms

escatimar

This word in other languages

wear out(English)user(Français)abnutzen(Deutsch)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "desgastar"?
"desgastar" is spelled D-E-S-G-A-S-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ].
What does "desgastar" mean?
As a verb, "desgastar" means: Quitar o consumir poco a poco por el uso o roce parte de algo.
How do you pronounce "desgastar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "desgastar" is [d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "desgastar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "desgastar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list