desesperado
Spanish, adjective/desespeˈɾado/
desesperado is spelled D-E-S-E-S-P-E-R-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears 7.1 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,258th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desesperado is a Spanish adjective meaning “desperate (filled with despair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desesperar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que esta sometido por la desesperación”.
What does desesperado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
desperate (filled with despair)
- 2
hopeless (destitute of hope)
verb
- 1
past participle of desesperar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que esta sometido por la desesperación. 2. Que no tiene esperanza. 3. Impaciente.
noun: 1. Situación táctica que ocurre cuando, habiendo sido capturada una pieza propia por el rival, en lugar de recapturarla se decide capturar otra pieza enemiga en otro lugar del tablero, lo que generalmente desencadena una carrera de capturas.
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 desesperado
- desesperada feminine
- desesperados masculine plural
- desesperadas feminine plural
- desperado alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desesperado?
- /desespeˈɾado/
- [d̪e.ses.peˈɾa.ð̞o]
- [d̪esespeˈɾað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desesperado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desesperado in Spanish?
desesperado appears 7.1 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).