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desperecer

Spanish, verb/despeɾeˈθeɾ/

desperecer is spelled D-E-S-P-E-R-E-C-E-R (10 letters). Desperecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to consume oneself; to be one's own undoing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does desperecer mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    archaicto perish; run out

  2. 2

    to consume oneself; to be one's own undoing

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

Forms of desperecer

  • desperezco first-person present singular
  • desperecí first-person preterite singular
  • desperecido participle past
  • c-zc alternation
  • despereciendo gerund
  • desperecida feminine participle past
  • desperecidos masculine participle past
  • desperecidas feminine participle past
  • despereces indicative informal present
  • desperecés indicative informal present
  • desperece indicative present singular
  • desperecemos first-person indicative plural
  • desperecéis indicative plural present
  • desperecen indicative plural present
  • desperecía first-person imperfect indicative
  • desperecías imperfect indicative second-person
  • desperecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • desperecíais imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce desperecer?

  • /despeɾeˈθeɾ/
  • [d̪es.pe.ɾeˈθeɾ]
  • /despeɾeˈseɾ/

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

English words that translate to desperecer

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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