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desganado

Spanish, adjective/desɡaˈnado/

desganado is spelled D-E-S-G-A-N-A-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desganado is a Spanish adjective meaning “gumptionless, sluggish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desganar.

What does desganado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    gumptionless, sluggish

  2. 2

    sad

  3. 3

    hungerless

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of desganar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Participio de desganar.

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 desganado

  • desganada feminine
  • desganados masculine plural
  • desganadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce desganado?

  • /desɡaˈnado/
  • [d̪ez.ɣ̞aˈna.ð̞o]
  • [d̪esɣ̞aˈnað̞o]

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

English words that translate to desganado

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

How common is desganado in Spanish?

desganado appears about once in every 7 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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