devorar
Spanish, verb/deboˈɾaɾ/
devorar is spelled D-E-V-O-R-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Devorar is a Spanish verb meaning “to devour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Referido a un animal, comerse a su presa (otro animal que ha cazado o pescado)”.
What does devorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to devour
- 2
to jump out, to do something well
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Referido a un animal, comerse a su presa (otro animal que ha cazado o pescado). 2. Comer con rapidez, ansia, gran apetito, o cierto salvajismo; consumir alimentos de un modo voraz. 3. Referido a ciertos fenómenos o conductas, causar gran destrucción o consumir con rapidez, destruir. 4. Referido a un apetito o pasión, ejercer presión emocional intensa o violenta sobre alguien; apremiar.
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 devorar
- devoro first-person present singular
- devoré first-person preterite singular
- devorado participle past
- devorando gerund
- devorada feminine participle past
- devorados masculine participle past
- devoradas feminine participle past
- devoras indicative informal present
- devorás indicative informal present
- devora indicative present singular
- devoramos first-person indicative plural
- devoráis indicative plural present
- devoran indicative plural present
- devoraba first-person imperfect indicative
- devorabas imperfect indicative second-person
- devorábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- devorabais imperfect indicative plural
- devoraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce devorar?
- /deboˈɾaɾ/
- [d̪e.β̞oˈɾaɾ]
- [d̪eβ̞oˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to devorar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is devorar in Spanish?
devorar 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).