desenfado
Spanish, noun
desenfado is spelled D-E-S-E-N-F-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 91,681st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desenfado is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “self-assurance, confidence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desenfadar. With an accent, desenfadó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of desenfadar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Osadía”.
What does desenfado mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineself-assurance, confidence
- 2
masculineease (a state or quality lacking anger)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desenfadar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of desenfadar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Osadía. 2. Diversión.
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 desenfado
- desenfados plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is desenfado in Spanish?
desenfado appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).