desdichado
Spanish, adjective/desdiˈt͡ʃado/
desdichado is spelled D-E-S-D-I-C-H-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 47,595th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desdichado is a Spanish adjective meaning “unhappy, unfortunate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que sufre desdicha; que sufre desgracias o una desgracia”.
What does desdichado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unhappy, unfortunate
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que sufre desdicha; que sufre desgracias o una desgracia. 2. Que conlleva a una desgracia, a una mala suerte. 3. Pusilánime.
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 desdichado
- desdichada feminine
- desdichados masculine plural
- desdichadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desdichado?
- /desdiˈt͡ʃado/
- [d̪ez.ð̞iˈt͡ʃa.ð̞o]
- [d̪esð̞iˈt͡ʃað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desdichado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desdichado in Spanish?
desdichado appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).