desinfectar
Spanish, verb/desinfeɡˈtaɾ/
desinfectar is spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-E-C-T-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,127th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desinfectar is a Spanish verb meaning “to disinfect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Limpiar para remover o desactivar agentes patógenos o considerados potenciales causantes de infección”.
What does desinfectar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to disinfect
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Limpiar para remover o desactivar agentes patógenos o considerados potenciales causantes de infección.
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 desinfectar
- desinfecto first-person present singular
- desinfecté first-person preterite singular
- desinfectado participle past
- desinfectando gerund
- desinfectada feminine participle past
- desinfectados masculine participle past
- desinfectadas feminine participle past
- desinfectas indicative informal present
- desinfectás indicative informal present
- desinfecta indicative present singular
- desinfectamos first-person indicative plural
- desinfectáis indicative plural present
- desinfectan indicative plural present
- desinfectaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desinfectabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desinfectábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desinfectabais imperfect indicative plural
- desinfectaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desinfectar?
- /desinfeɡˈtaɾ/
- [d̪e.sĩɱ.feɣ̞ˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪esĩɱfekˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desinfectar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desinfectar in Spanish?
desinfectar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).