desvanecer
Spanish, verb/desbaneˈθeɾ/
desvanecer is spelled D-E-S-V-A-N-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 89,640th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desvanecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to vanish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer que las partículas de un cuerpo se difundan, disuelvan, difuminen, disipen o disgreguen en otro”.
What does desvanecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to vanish
- 2
to fade
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer que las partículas de un cuerpo se difundan, disuelvan, difuminen, disipen o disgreguen en otro. 2. Hacer que un color vaya perdiendo intensidad mientras otro la va ganando gradualmente. 3. Hacer que algo desaparezca o deje de estar presente, visible, influyente, etc. 4. Sufrir un desmayo, perder la conciencia o el sentido.
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 desvanecer
- desvanezco first-person present singular
- desvanecí first-person preterite singular
- desvanecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- desvaneciendo gerund
- desvanecida feminine participle past
- desvanecidos masculine participle past
- desvanecidas feminine participle past
- desvaneces indicative informal present
- desvanecés indicative informal present
- desvanece indicative present singular
- desvanecemos first-person indicative plural
- desvanecéis indicative plural present
- desvanecen indicative plural present
- desvanecía first-person imperfect indicative
- desvanecías imperfect indicative second-person
- desvanecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desvanecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desvanecer?
- /desbaneˈθeɾ/
- [d̪ez.β̞a.neˈθeɾ]
- /desbaneˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desvanecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desvanecer in Spanish?
desvanecer appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).