despistar
Spanish, verb/despisˈtaɾ/
despistar is spelled D-E-S-P-I-S-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despistar is a Spanish verb meaning “to throw off track” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer perder la orientación espacial”.
What does despistar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to throw off track
- 2
to disorient
- 3
to get distracted, to fall asleep
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer perder la orientación espacial
verb: 1. Engañar la vista
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 despistar
- despisto first-person present singular
- despisté first-person preterite singular
- despistado participle past
- despistando gerund
- despistada feminine participle past
- despistados masculine participle past
- despistadas feminine participle past
- despistas indicative informal present
- despistás indicative informal present
- despista indicative present singular
- despistamos first-person indicative plural
- despistáis indicative plural present
- despistan indicative plural present
- despistaba first-person imperfect indicative
- despistabas imperfect indicative second-person
- despistábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- despistabais imperfect indicative plural
- despistaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despistar?
- /despisˈtaɾ/
- [d̪es.pisˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪espisˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to despistar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despistar in Spanish?
despistar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).