descarado
Spanish, adjective/deskaˈɾado/
descarado is spelled D-E-S-C-A-R-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,948th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descarado is a Spanish adjective meaning “brazen, cheeky, brash, impudent, shameless, brazen-faced, barefaced, bald-faced” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of descararse. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Insolente, cínico, falto de dignidad”.
What does descarado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
brazen, cheeky, brash, impudent, shameless, brazen-faced, barefaced, bald-faced
- 2
unabashed
- 3
sassy, fresh, saucy (colloquial)
- 4
blatant, outright
verb
- 1
past participle of descararse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de descararse.
adjective: 1. Insolente, cínico, falto de dignidad 2. Falto de decencia y pudor.
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 descarado
- descarada feminine
- descarados masculine plural
- descaradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descarado?
- /deskaˈɾado/
- [d̪es.kaˈɾa.ð̞o]
- [d̪eskaˈɾað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descarado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descarado in Spanish?
descarado appears 2.4 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).