descarnado
Spanish, adjective/deskaɾˈnado/
descarnado is spelled D-E-S-C-A-R-N-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 80,775th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descarnado is a Spanish adjective meaning “brutal; harsh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of descarnar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que es una verdad cruda, desagradable, expuesta sin remordimientos y sin anestesia”.
What does descarnado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
brutal; harsh
verb
- 1
past participle of descarnar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que es una verdad cruda, desagradable, expuesta sin remordimientos y sin anestesia.
verb: 1. Participio de descarnar.
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 descarnado
- descarnada feminine
- descarnados masculine plural
- descarnadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descarnado?
- /deskaɾˈnado/
- [d̪es.kaɾˈna.ð̞o]
- [d̪eskaɾˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descarnado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descarnado in Spanish?
descarnado appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).