desmadrar
Spanish, verb/desmaˈdɾaɾ/
desmadrar is spelled D-E-S-M-A-D-R-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 202,162nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmadrar is a Spanish verb meaning “to separate a baby animal from its mother” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Separar de la madre las crías del ganado para que no mamen”.
What does desmadrar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to separate a baby animal from its mother
- 2
colloquialto ruin, to mess up, to spoil
- 3
to fall apart, to fall to bits
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Separar de la madre las crías del ganado para que no mamen. 2. Lastimar, herir. 3. Averiar, romper, estropear.
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 desmadrar
- desmadro first-person present singular
- desmadré first-person preterite singular
- desmadrado participle past
- desmadrando gerund
- desmadrada feminine participle past
- desmadrados masculine participle past
- desmadradas feminine participle past
- desmadras indicative informal present
- desmadrás indicative informal present
- desmadra indicative present singular
- desmadramos first-person indicative plural
- desmadráis indicative plural present
- desmadran indicative plural present
- desmadraba first-person imperfect indicative
- desmadrabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desmadrábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desmadrabais imperfect indicative plural
- desmadraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmadrar?
- /desmaˈdɾaɾ/
- [d̪ez.maˈð̞ɾaɾ]
- [d̪esmaˈð̞ɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desmadrar in Spanish?
desmadrar appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).