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despeluzar

Spanish, verb/despeluˈθaɾ/

despeluzar is a Spanish verb meaning “to mess up someone's hair” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desarreglar el cabello”.

What does despeluzar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to mess up someone's hair

  2. 2

    Mexicoto bleed dry; to clean out

  3. 3

    to have one's hair stand up/on end

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Desarreglar el cabello. 2. Levantar y ponerse rigido el cabello, es especial como reación de espanto. 3. Dejar en la ruina a alguien.

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 despeluzar

  • despeluzo first-person present singular
  • despelucé first-person preterite singular
  • despeluzado participle past
  • c-z alternation
  • despeluzando gerund
  • despeluzada feminine participle past
  • despeluzados masculine participle past
  • despeluzadas feminine participle past
  • despeluzas indicative informal present
  • despeluzás indicative informal present
  • despeluza indicative present singular
  • despeluzamos first-person indicative plural
  • despeluzáis indicative plural present
  • despeluzan indicative plural present
  • despeluzaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • despeluzabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • despeluzábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • despeluzabais imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce despeluzar?

  • /despeluˈθaɾ/
  • [d̪es.pe.luˈθaɾ]
  • /despeluˈsaɾ/

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