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abandonado

Spanish, adjective/abandoˈnado/

abandonado is spelled A-B-A-N-D-O-N-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Spanish, the 4,689th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abandonado is a Spanish adjective meaning “abandoned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of abandonar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se dice de algo que se encuentra descuidado o desatendido”.

What does abandonado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    abandoned

  2. 2

    dirty, sloppy, negligent

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of abandonar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Se dice de algo que se encuentra descuidado o desatendido. 2. Se dice de un lugar que se encuentra desierto o despoblado.

verb: 1. Participio de abandonar.

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 abandonado

  • abandonada feminine
  • abandonados masculine plural
  • abandonadas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce abandonado?

  • /abandoˈnado/
  • [a.β̞ãn̪.d̪oˈna.ð̞o]
  • [aβ̞ãn̪d̪oˈnað̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to abandonado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is abandonado in Spanish?

abandonado appears 17 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).

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