despintar
Spanish, verb/despinˈtaɾ/
despintar is spelled D-E-S-P-I-N-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish, the 285,965th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despintar is a Spanish verb meaning “to remove the paint from” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar la pintura o el color de lo pintado o teñido”.
What does despintar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remove the paint from
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Quitar la pintura o el color de lo pintado o teñido. 2. Quitar la vista, apartar la mirada. 3. Desfigurar y desvanecer un asunto.
verb: 1. Desdecir, degenerar.
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 despintar
- despinto first-person present singular
- despinté first-person preterite singular
- despintado participle past
- despintando gerund
- despintada feminine participle past
- despintados masculine participle past
- despintadas feminine participle past
- despintas indicative informal present
- despintás indicative informal present
- despinta indicative present singular
- despintamos first-person indicative plural
- despintáis indicative plural present
- despintan indicative plural present
- despintaba first-person imperfect indicative
- despintabas imperfect indicative second-person
- despintábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- despintabais imperfect indicative plural
- despintaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despintar?
- /despinˈtaɾ/
- [d̪es.pĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪espĩn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is despintar in Spanish?
despintar appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).