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arriesgado

Spanish, adjective/arjesˈɡado/

arriesgado is spelled A-R-R-I-E-S-G-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arriesgado is a Spanish adjective meaning “risky, dangerous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of arriesgar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que está expuesto a circunstancias que pueden significar un peligro o una amenaza”.

What does arriesgado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    risky, dangerous

  2. 2

    daring

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of arriesgar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Participio de arriesgar.

adjective: 1. Que está expuesto a circunstancias que pueden significar un peligro o una amenaza.

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 arriesgado

  • arriesgada feminine
  • arriesgados masculine plural
  • arriesgadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce arriesgado?

  • /arjesˈɡado/
  • [a.rjezˈɣ̞a.ð̞o]
  • [arjesˈɣ̞að̞o]

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

English words that translate to arriesgado

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

How common is arriesgado in Spanish?

arriesgado appears 3.5 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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