desencaminado
Spanish, adjective[d̪esẽŋkamiˈnað̞o]
desencaminado is spelled D-E-S-E-N-C-A-M-I-N-A-D-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish, the 145,755th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desencaminado is a Spanish adjective meaning “misguided” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desencaminar.
What does desencaminado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
misguided
verb
- 1
past participle of desencaminar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de desencaminar.
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 desencaminado
- desencaminada feminine
- desencaminados masculine plural
- desencaminadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desencaminado?
- [d̪esẽŋkamiˈnað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desencaminado in Spanish?
desencaminado appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).