desquiciar
Spanish, verb/deskiˈθjaɾ/
desquiciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to unhinge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desencajar o sacar de quicio una cosa; como puerta, ventana, etc”.
What does desquiciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to unhinge
desquiciar una puerta
- 2
to derange, drive crazy
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desencajar o sacar de quicio una cosa; como puerta, ventana, etc. 2. Descomponer una cosa quitándole la firmeza con que se mantenía. 3. Quitar a una persona la seguridad y el apoyo que en sus actos o negocios debía tener. 4. Derribar a alguien de la privanza, o hacerle perder la amistad o valimiento con otro.
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 desquiciar
- desquicio first-person present singular
- desquicié first-person preterite singular
- desquiciado participle past
- desquiciando gerund
- desquiciada feminine participle past
- desquiciados masculine participle past
- desquiciadas feminine participle past
- desquicias indicative informal present
- desquiciás indicative informal present
- desquicia indicative present singular
- desquiciamos first-person indicative plural
- desquiciáis indicative plural present
- desquician indicative plural present
- desquiciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desquiciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desquiciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desquiciabais imperfect indicative plural
- desquiciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desquiciar?
- /deskiˈθjaɾ/
- [d̪es.kiˈθjaɾ]
- /deskiˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desquiciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desquiciar in Spanish?
desquiciar appears about once in every 19 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).