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desenvuelto

Spanish, adjective/desemˈbwelto/

desenvuelto is spelled D-E-S-E-N-V-U-E-L-T-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 84,644th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desenvuelto is a Spanish adjective meaning “free, easy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desenvolver (“unrolled, developed”). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que tiene desenvoltura”.

What does desenvuelto mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    free, easy

  2. 2

    forward, bold

  3. 3

    shameless, brazen

  4. 4

    fluent, skilled

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of desenvolver (“unrolled, developed”)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que tiene desenvoltura.

verb: 1. Participio irregular de desenvolver.

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 desenvuelto

  • desenvuelta feminine
  • desenvueltos masculine plural
  • desenvueltas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desenvuelto?

  • /desemˈbwelto/
  • [d̪e.sẽmˈbwel̪.t̪o]
  • [d̪esẽmˈbwel̪t̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to desenvuelto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is desenvuelto in Spanish?

desenvuelto appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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