desgraciar
Spanish, verb/desɡɾaˈθjaɾ/
desgraciar is spelled D-E-S-G-R-A-C-I-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish, the 229,525th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desgraciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to disgrace” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir disgusto, desazón o desagrado; causar una sensación o sentimiento que no es grato o no es agradable”.
What does desgraciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disgrace
- 2
to ruin
- 3
to punish
- 4
to seriously injure or kill someone
- 5
to damage or spoil
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Producir disgusto, desazón o desagrado; causar una sensación o sentimiento que no es grato o no es agradable. 2. Perder la oportunidad de hacer algo con éxito; no llegar al fin deseado o al desarrollo natural o esperable. 3. Hacer que alguien pierda el favor o la aprobación de otros. Hacer caer en desgracia.
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 desgraciar
- desgracio first-person present singular
- desgracié first-person preterite singular
- desgraciado participle past
- desgraciando gerund
- desgraciada feminine participle past
- desgraciados masculine participle past
- desgraciadas feminine participle past
- desgracias indicative informal present
- desgraciás indicative informal present
- desgracia indicative present singular
- desgraciamos first-person indicative plural
- desgraciáis indicative plural present
- desgracian indicative plural present
- desgraciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desgraciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desgraciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desgraciabais imperfect indicative plural
- desgraciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desgraciar?
- /desɡɾaˈθjaɾ/
- [d̪ez.ɣ̞ɾaˈθjaɾ]
- /desɡɾaˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desgraciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desgraciar in Spanish?
desgraciar appears about once in every 42 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).