despellejar
Spanish, verb/despeʝeˈxaɾ/
despellejar is spelled D-E-S-P-E-L-L-E-J-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 123,873rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despellejar is a Spanish verb meaning “to skin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Remover la piel, el pellejo”.
What does despellejar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to skin
- 2
to criticize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Remover la piel, el pellejo.
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 despellejar
- despellejo first-person present singular
- despellejé first-person preterite singular
- despellejado participle past
- despellejando gerund
- despellejada feminine participle past
- despellejados masculine participle past
- despellejadas feminine participle past
- despellejas indicative informal present
- despellejás indicative informal present
- despelleja indicative present singular
- despellejamos first-person indicative plural
- despellejáis indicative plural present
- despellejan indicative plural present
- despellejaba first-person imperfect indicative
- despellejabas imperfect indicative second-person
- despellejábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- despellejabais imperfect indicative plural
- despellejaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despellejar?
- /despeʝeˈxaɾ/
- [d̪es.pe.ʝeˈxaɾ]
- [d̪espeʝeˈxaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to despellejar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despellejar in Spanish?
despellejar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).