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desolar

Spanish, verb/desoˈlaɾ/

desolar is a Spanish verb meaning “to desolate, destroy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asolar”.

What does desolar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to desolate, destroy

  2. 2

    to grieve

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Asolar. 2. Afligir. 3. Desollar.

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 desolar

  • desuelo first-person present singular
  • desolo first-person present singular
  • desolé first-person preterite singular
  • desolado participle past
  • o-ue alternation
  • desolando gerund
  • desolada feminine participle past
  • desolados masculine participle past
  • desoladas feminine participle past
  • desuelas indicative present second-person
  • desolas indicative informal present
  • desolás indicative informal present
  • desuela indicative present singular
  • desola indicative present singular
  • desolamos first-person indicative plural
  • desoláis indicative plural present
  • desuelan indicative plural present
  • desolan indicative plural present

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

How do you pronounce desolar?

  • /desoˈlaɾ/
  • [d̪e.soˈlaɾ]
  • [d̪esoˈlaɾ]

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

English words that translate to desolar

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.