sesgar
Spanish, verb/sesˈɡaɾ/
sesgar is a Spanish verb meaning “to cut diagonally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cortar o partir en sesgo”.
What does sesgar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cut diagonally
- 2
to cut on the bias
- 3
to slant
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Cortar o partir en sesgo. 2. Torcer a un lado. 3. Atravesar algo hacia un lado. 4. No persistir, arrepentirse o desistir de una idea.
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 sesgar
- sesgo first-person present singular
- sesgué first-person preterite singular
- sesgado participle past
- g-gu alternation
- sesgando gerund
- sesgada feminine participle past
- sesgados masculine participle past
- sesgadas feminine participle past
- sesgas indicative informal present
- sesgás indicative informal present
- sesga indicative present singular
- sesgamos first-person indicative plural
- sesgáis indicative plural present
- sesgan indicative plural present
- sesgaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sesgabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sesgábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sesgabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sesgar?
- /sesˈɡaɾ/
- [sezˈɣ̞aɾ]
- [sesˈɣ̞aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sesgar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sesgar in Spanish?
sesgar appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).