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desastrado

Spanish, adjective[d̪esasˈt̪ɾað̞o]

desastrado is spelled D-E-S-A-S-T-R-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desastrado is a Spanish adjective meaning “scruffy, messy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Infausto, infeliz, sin fortuna”.

What does desastrado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    scruffy, messy

  2. 2

    unlucky

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Infausto, infeliz, sin fortuna. 2. Dícese de la persona rota y desaseada.

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 desastrado

  • desastrada feminine
  • desastrados masculine plural
  • desastradas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce desastrado?

  • [d̪esasˈt̪ɾað̞o]

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

English words that translate to desastrado

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

How common is desastrado in Spanish?

desastrado appears about once in every 55 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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