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destape

Spanish, noun

destape is spelled D-E-S-T-A-P-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 44,034th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destape is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “disclosure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of destapar. With an accent, destapé is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of destapar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de destapar o de destaparse”.

What does destape mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Mexicomasculinedisclosure

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

verb

as destapé
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of destapar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Acción o efecto de destapar o de destaparse. 2. Momento en que un artista muestra su cuerpo sin ropa en un filme o espectáculo. 3. Designación pública del aspirante seleccionado por el partido en el poder para contender en elecciones.

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 destape

  • destapes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to destape

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is destape in Spanish?

destape appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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