desmoronar
Spanish, verb/desmoɾoˈnaɾ/
desmoronar is spelled D-E-S-M-O-R-O-N-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 96,067th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmoronar is a Spanish verb meaning “to erode, to crumble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deshacer y arruinar poco a poco los edificios, y también las aglomeraciones de substancias de más o menos…”.
What does desmoronar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to erode, to crumble
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Deshacer y arruinar poco a poco los edificios, y también las aglomeraciones de substancias de más o menos cohesión.
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 desmoronar
- desmorono first-person present singular
- desmoroné first-person preterite singular
- desmoronado participle past
- desmoronando gerund
- desmoronada feminine participle past
- desmoronados masculine participle past
- desmoronadas feminine participle past
- desmoronas indicative informal present
- desmoronás indicative informal present
- desmorona indicative present singular
- desmoronamos first-person indicative plural
- desmoronáis indicative plural present
- desmoronan indicative plural present
- desmoronaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desmoronabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desmoronábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desmoronabais imperfect indicative plural
- desmoronaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmoronar?
- /desmoɾoˈnaɾ/
- [d̪ez.mo.ɾoˈnaɾ]
- [d̪esmoɾoˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desmoronar in Spanish?
desmoronar appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).