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desfragmentar

to defragment

verb des-frahg-men-TAHR Rare

Usage Note

Desfragmentar is the technical computing verb for defragmenting a hard drive — reorganizing fragmented data to improve performance. It is a direct calque of English 'defragment'. Users also say desfragmentar el disco duro. The noun form is desfragmentación.

Examples

"Debes desfragmentar el disco duro de vez en cuando."

Natural Translation

You should defragment the hard drive from time to time.

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