detestar
Spanish, verb/detesˈtaɾ/
detestar is spelled D-E-T-E-S-T-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 71,694th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detestar is a Spanish verb meaning “to detest, to loathe, to abominate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sentir intenso rechazo hacia algo o alguien”.
What does detestar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to detest, to loathe, to abominate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sentir intenso rechazo hacia algo o alguien 2. Maldecir tomando el cielo por testigo.
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 detestar
- detesto first-person present singular
- detesté first-person preterite singular
- detestado participle past
- detestando gerund
- detestada feminine participle past
- detestados masculine participle past
- detestadas feminine participle past
- detestas indicative informal present
- detestás indicative informal present
- detesta indicative present singular
- detestamos first-person indicative plural
- detestáis indicative plural present
- detestan indicative plural present
- detestaba first-person imperfect indicative
- detestabas imperfect indicative second-person
- detestábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- detestabais imperfect indicative plural
- detestaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce detestar?
- /detesˈtaɾ/
- [d̪e.t̪esˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪et̪esˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to detestar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is detestar in Spanish?
detestar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).