despeinar
Spanish, verb/despeiˈnaɾ/
despeinar is spelled D-E-S-P-E-I-N-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). Despeinar is a Spanish verb meaning “to muss, to make (hair) messy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Deshacer, arruinar el peinado”.
What does despeinar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to muss, to make (hair) messy
- 2
to take down one's hair
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Deshacer, arruinar el peinado.
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 despeinar
- despeino first-person present singular
- despeiné first-person preterite singular
- despeinado participle past
- despeinando gerund
- despeinada feminine participle past
- despeinados masculine participle past
- despeinadas feminine participle past
- despeinas indicative informal present
- despeinás indicative informal present
- despeina indicative present singular
- despeinamos first-person indicative plural
- despeináis indicative plural present
- despeinan indicative plural present
- despeinaba first-person imperfect indicative
- despeinabas imperfect indicative second-person
- despeinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- despeinabais imperfect indicative plural
- despeinaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despeinar?
- /despeiˈnaɾ/
- [d̪es.pei̯ˈnaɾ]
- [d̪espejˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is despeinar in Spanish?
despeinar 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).