desidia
Spanish, noun/deˈsidja/
desidia is spelled D-E-S-I-D-I-A (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,960th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desidia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “negligence, idleness, inaction; slovenliness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falta de esfuerzo o dedicación para la realización de las tareas necesarias o prescritas”.
What does desidia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenegligence, idleness, inaction; slovenliness
- 2
feminineprocrastination
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Falta de esfuerzo o dedicación para la realización de las tareas necesarias o prescritas
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 desidia
- desidias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desidia?
- /deˈsidja/
- [d̪eˈsi.ð̞ja]
- [d̪eˈsið̞ja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desidia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desidia in Spanish?
desidia appears 1.3 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).