despiste
Spanish, noun
despiste is spelled D-E-S-P-I-S-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,380th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despiste is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “slip, slip-up (error)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of despistar. With an accent, despisté is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of despistar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Error involuntario cometido por no fijarse en todos los detalles”.
What does despiste mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslip, slip-up (error)
- 2
masculineabsent-mindedness
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative of despistar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Error involuntario cometido por no fijarse en todos los detalles. 2. Actitud de una persona que no se percata de lo que ocurre a su alrededor.
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 despiste
- despistes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to despiste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despiste in Spanish?
despiste 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).