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desgreñado

Spanish, adjective[d̪esɣ̞ɾeˈɲað̞o]

desgreñado is a Spanish adjective meaning “shaggy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does desgreñado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    shaggy

  2. 2

    seedy, untidy, unkempt

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Participio de desgreñar.

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 desgreñado

  • desgreñada feminine
  • desgreñados masculine plural
  • desgreñadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce desgreñado?

  • [d̪esɣ̞ɾeˈɲað̞o]

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

English words that translate to desgreñado

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

How common is desgreñado in Spanish?

desgreñado appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish.

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