desafortunado
Spanish, adjective/desafoɾtuˈnado/
desafortunado is spelled D-E-S-A-F-O-R-T-U-N-A-D-O (13 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,761st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desafortunado is a Spanish adjective meaning “without luck; unfortunate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no tiene fortuna o buena suerte; que trae o atrae adversidad”.
What does desafortunado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
without luck; unfortunate
Los personajes son desafortunados.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que no tiene fortuna o buena suerte; que trae o atrae adversidad. 2. Que ocurre o se hace de tal modo o en tal momento que genera resultados desfavorables, negativos o no deseados.
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 desafortunado
- desafortunada feminine
- desafortunados masculine plural
- desafortunadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desafortunado?
- /desafoɾtuˈnado/
- [d̪e.sa.foɾ.t̪uˈna.ð̞o]
- [d̪esafoɾt̪uˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desafortunado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desafortunado in Spanish?
desafortunado appears 2.6 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).