desmitificar
Spanish, verb/desmitifiˈkaɾ/
desmitificar is spelled D-E-S-M-I-T-I-F-I-C-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 70,049th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmitificar is a Spanish verb meaning “to demystify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Disminuir o despojar de cualidades míticas u otras parecidas”.
What does desmitificar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to demystify
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Disminuir o despojar de cualidades míticas u otras parecidas 2. Perder o moderar la admiración o el respeto hacia una persona o hacia algo
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 desmitificar
- desmitifico first-person present singular
- desmitifiqué first-person preterite singular
- desmitificado participle past
- c-qu alternation
- desmitificando gerund
- desmitificada feminine participle past
- desmitificados masculine participle past
- desmitificadas feminine participle past
- desmitificas indicative informal present
- desmitificás indicative informal present
- desmitifica indicative present singular
- desmitificamos first-person indicative plural
- desmitificáis indicative plural present
- desmitifican indicative plural present
- desmitificaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desmitificabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desmitificábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desmitificabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmitificar?
- /desmitifiˈkaɾ/
- [d̪ez.mi.t̪i.fiˈkaɾ]
- [d̪esmit̪ifiˈkaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desmitificar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desmitificar in Spanish?
desmitificar 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).