desalmado
Spanish, adjective/desalˈmado/
desalmado is spelled D-E-S-A-L-M-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 50,132nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desalmado is a Spanish adjective meaning “heartless, soulless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no tiene alma”.
What does desalmado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
heartless, soulless
- 2
ruthless
- 3
cruel
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 alma. 2. Que no muestra compasión, que es cruel.
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 desalmado
- desalmada feminine
- desalmados masculine plural
- desalmadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desalmado?
- /desalˈmado/
- [d̪e.salˈma.ð̞o]
- [d̪esalˈmað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desalmado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desalmado in Spanish?
desalmado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).