desnortado
Spanish, adjective[d̪esnoɾˈt̪að̞o]
desnortado is spelled D-E-S-N-O-R-T-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written Spanish, the 202,162nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desnortado is a Spanish adjective meaning “aimless, goalless, wandering” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desnortar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que carece de rumbo”.
What does desnortado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
aimless, goalless, wandering
- 2
clueless
verb
- 1
past participle of desnortar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que carece de rumbo. 2. Falto de atención o concentración.
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 desnortado
- desnortada feminine
- desnortados masculine plural
- desnortadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desnortado?
- [d̪esnoɾˈt̪að̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desnortado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desnortado in Spanish?
desnortado 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).