desperdigar
Spanish, verb[d̪espeɾð̞iˈɣ̞aɾ]
desperdigar is spelled D-E-S-P-E-R-D-I-G-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 71 million words in written Spanish, the 292,142nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desperdigar is a Spanish verb meaning “to scatter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Separar, desunir, esparcir”.
What does desperdigar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scatter
- 2
to disperse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Separar, desunir, esparcir. 2. Dispersar el interés o el tiempo desordenadamente en distintas actividades.
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 desperdigar
- desperdigo first-person present singular
- desperdigué first-person preterite singular
- desperdigado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- desperdigando gerund
- desperdigada feminine participle past
- desperdigados masculine participle past
- desperdigadas feminine participle past
- desperdigas indicative informal present
- desperdigás indicative informal present
- desperdiga indicative present singular
- desperdigamos first-person indicative plural
- desperdigáis indicative plural present
- desperdigan indicative plural present
- desperdigaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desperdigabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desperdigábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desperdigabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desperdigar?
- [d̪espeɾð̞iˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desperdigar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desperdigar in Spanish?
desperdigar appears about once in every 71 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).