descalabro
Spanish, noun
descalabro is spelled D-E-S-C-A-L-A-B-R-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descalabro is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “misfortune; setback” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of descalabrar. With an accent, descalabró is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of descalabrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de descalabrar”.
What does descalabro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemisfortune; setback
- 2
masculineloss; defeat
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of descalabrar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of descalabrar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de descalabrar.
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 descalabro
- descalabros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to descalabro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descalabro in Spanish?
descalabro appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).