desgarbado
[d̪esɣ̞aɾˈβ̞að̞o]
The verdict
“desgarbado” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Referido a una persona o a su modo de andar o actuar: falto de garbo, gracia o elegancia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-desgarbado · desgarbado · Spanish
desgarbado · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "D" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | desgarbado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪esɣ̞aɾˈβ̞að̞o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “desgarbado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
desgarbado is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [d̪esɣ̞aɾˈβ̞að̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for desgarbado in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is desgarbado, spelled D-E-S-G-A-R-B-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Referido a una persona o a su modo de andar o actuar: falto de garbo, gracia o elegancia.
- 2Referido a personas, alto pero con mala proporción y movimiento torpe.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how desgarbado appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le gustaba aquella niña alta y desgarbada pero le molestaban sus caprichos de sabelotodo.
… apareció en ella un muchacho alto y desgarbado, con los labios muy gruesos, las cejas espesas y corridas, la tez morena, los pies anchos, planos y en escuadra, las piernas largas y desmadejadas ….
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.