despiadadamente
Spanish, adverb/despjaˌdadaˈmente/
despiadadamente is spelled D-E-S-P-I-A-D-A-D-A-M-E-N-T-E (15 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 65,931st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despiadadamente is a Spanish adverb meaning “relentlessly, mercilessly, ruthlessly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “De un modo despiadado”.
What does despiadadamente mean in English?
adverb
- 1
relentlessly, mercilessly, ruthlessly
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. De un modo despiadado.
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.
How do you pronounce despiadadamente?
- /despjaˌdadaˈmente/
- [d̪es.pjaˌð̞a.ð̞aˈmẽn̪.t̪e]
- [d̪espjaˌð̞að̞aˈmẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to despiadadamente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despiadadamente in Spanish?
despiadadamente appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).