desinformar
Spanish, verb/desinfoɾˈmaɾ/
desinformar is spelled D-E-S-I-N-F-O-R-M-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 68,358th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desinformar is a Spanish verb meaning “to misinform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Divulgar información falsa o incompleta con el objeto de ocultar la verdad o causar confusión”.
What does desinformar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to misinform
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Divulgar información falsa o incompleta con el objeto de ocultar la verdad o causar confusión.
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 desinformar
- desinformo first-person present singular
- desinformé first-person preterite singular
- desinformado participle past
- desinformando gerund
- desinformada feminine participle past
- desinformados masculine participle past
- desinformadas feminine participle past
- desinformas indicative informal present
- desinformás indicative informal present
- desinforma indicative present singular
- desinformamos first-person indicative plural
- desinformáis indicative plural present
- desinforman indicative plural present
- desinformaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desinformabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desinformábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desinformabais imperfect indicative plural
- desinformaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desinformar?
- /desinfoɾˈmaɾ/
- [d̪e.sĩɱ.foɾˈmaɾ]
- [d̪esĩɱfoɾˈmaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desinformar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desinformar in Spanish?
desinformar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).