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desvestir

Spanish, verb/desbesˈtiɾ/

desvestir is spelled D-E-S-V-E-S-T-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 116,020th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desvestir is a Spanish verb meaning “to undress (another), to divest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Quitar a alguien la ropa”.

What does desvestir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to undress (another), to divest

  2. 2

    to undress (oneself)

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Quitar a alguien la ropa.

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 desvestir

  • desvisto first-person present singular
  • desvestí first-person preterite singular
  • desvestido participle past
  • e-i alternation
  • desvistiendo gerund
  • desvestida feminine participle past
  • desvestidos masculine participle past
  • desvestidas feminine participle past
  • desvistes indicative informal present
  • desvestís indicative informal present
  • desviste indicative present singular
  • desvestimos first-person indicative plural
  • desvisten indicative plural present
  • desvestía first-person imperfect indicative
  • desvestías imperfect indicative second-person
  • desvestíamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • desvestíais imperfect indicative plural
  • desvestían imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce desvestir?

  • /desbesˈtiɾ/
  • [d̪ez.β̞esˈt̪iɾ]
  • [d̪esβ̞esˈt̪iɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to desvestir

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

How common is desvestir in Spanish?

desvestir appears about once in every 10 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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