desparecer
Spanish, verb/despaɾeˈθeɾ/
desparecer is a Spanish verb meaning “alternative form of desaparecer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que un ser deje de ser visible, aparente o perceptible; hacer que desaparezca”.
What does desparecer mean in English?
verb
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alternative form of desaparecer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que un ser deje de ser visible, aparente o perceptible; hacer que desaparezca.
verb: 1. Dejar de ser visible o perceptible; dejar de existir o de estar presente.
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 desparecer
- desparezco first-person present singular
- desparecí first-person preterite singular
- desparecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- despareciendo gerund
- desparecida feminine participle past
- desparecidos masculine participle past
- desparecidas feminine participle past
- despareces indicative informal present
- desparecés indicative informal present
- desparece indicative present singular
- desparecemos first-person indicative plural
- desparecéis indicative plural present
- desparecen indicative plural present
- desparecía first-person imperfect indicative
- desparecías imperfect indicative second-person
- desparecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desparecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desparecer?
- /despaɾeˈθeɾ/
- [d̪es.pa.ɾeˈθeɾ]
- /despaɾeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desparecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desparecer in Spanish?
desparecer appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).