desgaste
Spanish, noun
desgaste is spelled D-E-S-G-A-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,987th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desgaste is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “wear, wear and tear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of desgastar. With an accent, desgasté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of desgastar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deterioro de un objeto producido por el uso o por el tiempo”.
What does desgaste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewear, wear and tear
- 2
masculineattrition, erosion, abrasion, weathering
- 3
masculineburnout, exhaustion
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of desgastar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Deterioro de un objeto producido por el uso o por el tiempo. 2. Pérdida de vigencia de alguna idea por su antigüedad u obsolescencia.
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 desgaste
- desgastes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to desgaste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desgaste in Spanish?
desgaste appears 4.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).