destemplar
Spanish, verb/destemˈplaɾ/
destemplar is spelled D-E-S-T-E-M-P-L-A-R (10 letters). Destemplar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cause to go out of tune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alterar, desconcertar la armonía, el buen orden o concierto de una cosa”.
What does destemplar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cause to go out of tune
- 2
to cause to be out of shape
- 3
to mess up
- 4
to get sick
- 5
to get out of tune
- 6
Mexicoto feel uneasiness or unpleasantness in the teeth and gums due to sour food, jarring noises or certain textures.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Alterar, desconcertar la armonía, el buen orden o concierto de una cosa. 2. Destruir la concordancia o armonía con que están templados los instrumentos músicos. 3. Fundir, derretir.
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 destemplar
- destemplo first-person present singular
- destemplé first-person preterite singular
- destemplado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- destemplando gerund
- destemplada feminine participle past
- destemplados masculine participle past
- destempladas feminine participle past
- destiemplo first-person indicative present
- destemplas indicative present second-person
- destiemplas indicative informal present
- destemplás indicative informal present
- destempla indicative present singular
- destiempla indicative present singular
- destemplamos first-person indicative plural
- destempláis indicative plural present
- destemplan indicative plural present
- destiemplan indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destemplar?
- /destemˈplaɾ/
- [d̪es.t̪ẽmˈplaɾ]
- [d̪est̪ẽmˈplaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.