detonar
Spanish, verb/detoˈnaɾ/
detonar is spelled D-E-T-O-N-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 35,389th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detonar is a Spanish verb meaning “to detonate, trigger (catalyze)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does detonar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to detonate, trigger (catalyze)
- 2
vulgarto fuck, to smash, to have sex.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of detonar
- detono first-person present singular
- detoné first-person preterite singular
- detonado participle past
- detonando gerund
- detonada feminine participle past
- detonados masculine participle past
- detonadas feminine participle past
- detonas indicative informal present
- detonás indicative informal present
- detona indicative present singular
- detonamos first-person indicative plural
- detonáis indicative plural present
- detonan indicative plural present
- detonaba first-person imperfect indicative
- detonabas imperfect indicative second-person
- detonábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- detonabais imperfect indicative plural
- detonaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce detonar?
- /detoˈnaɾ/
- [d̪e.t̪oˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to detonar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is detonar in Spanish?
detonar 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).