desdeñable
Spanish, adjective/desdeˈɲable/
desdeñable is spelled D-E-S-D-E-Ñ-A-B-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 69,196th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desdeñable is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “contemptible” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Digno de desprecio”.
What does desdeñable mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinecontemptible
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Digno de desprecio. 2. Escaso, en escasa cantidad.
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 desdeñable
- desdeñables feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desdeñable?
- /desdeˈɲable/
- [d̪ez.ð̞eˈɲa.β̞le]
- [d̪esð̞eˈɲaβ̞le]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desdeñable
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desdeñable in Spanish?
desdeñable appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).