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desmadejar

Spanish, verb/desmadeˈxaɾ/

desmadejar is spelled D-E-S-M-A-D-E-J-A-R (10 letters). Desmadejar is a Spanish verb meaning “to unravel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deshacer una madeja de hilo”.

What does desmadejar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to unravel

  2. 2

    colloquialto cause laziness in a person

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Deshacer una madeja de hilo. 2. Desenmarañar. 3. Causar flojedad en el cuerpo; debilitar.

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 desmadejar

  • desmadejo first-person present singular
  • desmadejé first-person preterite singular
  • desmadejado participle past
  • desmadejando gerund
  • desmadejada feminine participle past
  • desmadejados masculine participle past
  • desmadejadas feminine participle past
  • desmadejas indicative informal present
  • desmadejás indicative informal present
  • desmadeja indicative present singular
  • desmadejamos first-person indicative plural
  • desmadejáis indicative plural present
  • desmadejan indicative plural present
  • desmadejaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • desmadejabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • desmadejábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • desmadejabais imperfect indicative plural
  • desmadejaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desmadejar?

  • /desmadeˈxaɾ/
  • [d̪ez.ma.ð̞eˈxaɾ]
  • [d̪esmað̞eˈxaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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