destapar
Spanish, verb/destaˈpaɾ/
destapar is spelled D-E-S-T-A-P-A-R (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 32,530th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destapar is a Spanish verb meaning “to remove the lid, open, uncork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacar la tapa de algo, por ejemplo de una botella”.
What does destapar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to remove the lid, open, uncork
- 2
to discover, uncover
- 3
Mexicoto reveal a political candidate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sacar la tapa de algo, por ejemplo de una botella. 2. Encontrar algo que estaba oculto. 3. Revelar el nombre del tapado (persona encubierta que está siendo promovida hacia una posición privilegiada).
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 destapar
- destapo first-person present singular
- destapé first-person preterite singular
- destapado participle past
- destapando gerund
- destapada feminine participle past
- destapados masculine participle past
- destapadas feminine participle past
- destapas indicative informal present
- destapás indicative informal present
- destapa indicative present singular
- destapamos first-person indicative plural
- destapáis indicative plural present
- destapan indicative plural present
- destapaba first-person imperfect indicative
- destapabas imperfect indicative second-person
- destapábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- destapabais imperfect indicative plural
- destapaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destapar?
- /destaˈpaɾ/
- [d̪es.t̪aˈpaɾ]
- [d̪est̪aˈpaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to destapar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destapar in Spanish?
destapar appears 1.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).