descuidado
Spanish, adjective/deskwiˈdado/
descuidado is spelled D-E-S-C-U-I-D-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 19,645th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Descuidado is a Spanish adjective meaning “neglected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of descuidar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una persona, que no se preocupa por las cosas importantes o simplemente no presta atención a lo que…”.
What does descuidado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
neglected
- 2
careless, sloppy, slipshod
- 3
remiss, neglectful, lax
- 4
unkempt, slovenly, frowzy, messy, untidy
verb
- 1
past participle of descuidar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de descuidar.
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona, que no se preocupa por las cosas importantes o simplemente no presta atención a lo que ocurre a su alrededor.
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 descuidado
- descuidada feminine
- descuidados masculine plural
- descuidadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce descuidado?
- /deskwiˈdado/
- [d̪es.kwiˈð̞a.ð̞o]
- [d̪eskwiˈð̞að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to descuidado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is descuidado in Spanish?
descuidado appears 2.5 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).