disculpar
Spanish, verb/diskulˈpaɾ/
disculpar is a Spanish verb meaning “to excuse, forgive, pardon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alegar descargos, dar razones o pruebas que descarguen de alguna culpa o delito”.
What does disculpar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to excuse, forgive, pardon
- 2
to apologize
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Alegar descargos, dar razones o pruebas que descarguen de alguna culpa o delito. 2. Defender, absolver moralmente de culpa.
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 disculpar
- disculpo first-person present singular
- disculpé first-person preterite singular
- disculpado participle past
- disculpando gerund
- disculpada feminine participle past
- disculpados masculine participle past
- disculpadas feminine participle past
- disculpas indicative informal present
- disculpás indicative informal present
- disculpa indicative present singular
- disculpamos first-person indicative plural
- disculpáis indicative plural present
- disculpan indicative plural present
- disculpaba first-person imperfect indicative
- disculpabas imperfect indicative second-person
- disculpábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- disculpabais imperfect indicative plural
- disculpaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce disculpar?
- /diskulˈpaɾ/
- [d̪is.kulˈpaɾ]
- [d̪iskulˈpaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to disculpar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is disculpar in Spanish?
disculpar appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).