desquicio

See also: desquició

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desˈkiθjo/ [d̪esˈki.θjo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /desˈkisjo/ [d̪esˈki.sjo] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθjo (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -isjo (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: des‧qui‧cio

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desquiciar.

Noun

desquicio m (plural desquicios)

1. (Rioplatense, Guatemala) commotion

   Synonym: desorden

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

desquicio

1. first-person singular present indicative of desquiciar

Further reading

• “desquicio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025