desastroso
Spanish, adjective/desasˈtɾoso/
desastroso is spelled D-E-S-A-S-T-R-O-S-O (10 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Spanish, the 24,044th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desastroso is a Spanish adjective meaning “disastrous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desastrado (desafortunado, infeliz)”.
What does desastroso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
disastrous
- 2
calamitous (an event)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Desastrado (desafortunado, infeliz). 2. Que es sumamente negativo, adverso o aciago.
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 desastroso
- desastrosa feminine
- desastrosos masculine plural
- desastrosas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desastroso?
- /desasˈtɾoso/
- [d̪e.sasˈt̪ɾo.so]
- [d̪esasˈt̪ɾoso]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desastroso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desastroso in Spanish?
desastroso appears 1.8 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).