despavorido
Spanish, adjective/despaboˈɾido/
despavorido is spelled D-E-S-P-A-V-O-R-I-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish, the 107,397th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despavorido is a Spanish adjective meaning “terrified, petrified” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of despavorir. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Aterrorizado, lleno de pavor”.
What does despavorido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
terrified, petrified
verb
- 1
past participle of despavorir
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Aterrorizado, lleno de pavor.
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 despavorido
- despavorida feminine
- despavoridos masculine plural
- despavoridas feminine plural
- espavorido alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despavorido?
- /despaboˈɾido/
- [d̪es.pa.β̞oˈɾi.ð̞o]
- [d̪espaβ̞oˈɾið̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is despavorido in Spanish?
despavorido appears about once in every 8 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).