descontento
Spanish, noun
descontento is spelled D-E-S-C-O-N-T-E-N-T-O (11 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,258th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descontento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “discontent, dissatisfaction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of descontentar. With an accent, descontentó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of descontentar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Disgusto o desagrado”.
What does descontento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unhappy, discontented
noun
- 1
masculinediscontent, dissatisfaction
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of descontentar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of descontentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. No contento e insatisfecho.
noun: 1. Disgusto o desagrado.
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 descontento
- descontenta feminine
- descontentos masculine plural
- descontentas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to descontento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descontento in Spanish?
descontento appears 7.1 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).