desnudar

A common verb meaning to undress or strip — literally (desnudar a un niño para bañarlo, undress a child to bathe them) or figuratively, to lay something bare (el reportaje desnuda la corrupción del sistema, the report exposes the system's corruption).

• La madre desnudó al bebé para el baño. — The mother undressed the baby for the bath.
• El documental desnuda las mentiras del gobierno. — The documentary lays bare the government's lies.
• Se desnudó rápidamente antes de meterse a la piscina. — He quickly undressed before getting into the pool.

Forgetting the reflexive form when talking about undressing oneself — desnudarse (with se) is what you need for 'to get undressed,' while plain desnudar needs a direct object, someone or something being undressed.

• song Desnúdate — A mainstream Mexican reggaeton hit recorded by Big Metra, one of the genre's early breakout tracks in the mid-2000s, which later got a 2024 remix with El Malilla and El Bogueto.