desgastarse
[d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪aɾse]
The verdict
“desgastarse” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perder fuerza, vigor o poder.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desgastarse · desgastarse · Spanish
desgastarse · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desgastarse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪aɾse] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desgastarse” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desgastarse is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [d̪esɣ̞asˈt̪aɾse]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perder fuerza, vigor o poder.".
Zero misspellings are on record for desgastarse in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is desgastarse, spelled D-E-S-G-A-S-T-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Perder fuerza, vigor o poder.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how desgastarse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Otro acelerón alrededor de los kilómetros 30 a 35 permite al navarro aumentar considerablemente su velocidad media, hasta situarse incluso en el promedio del récord de Rominger, pero es en ese momento cuando los auxiliares de Indurain le obligan a reducir la cadencia de pedaleo al considerar que no hacía falta desgastarse tanto».
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.