despreocupado
Spanish, adjective/despɾeokuˈpado/
despreocupado is spelled D-E-S-P-R-E-O-C-U-P-A-D-O (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,106th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Despreocupado is a Spanish adjective meaning “carefree, nonchalant, blithe, careless (not concerned or worried)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of despreocuparse. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una persona, que no asume responsabilidad alguna y se desentiende de la misma”.
What does despreocupado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
carefree, nonchalant, blithe, careless (not concerned or worried)
- 2
careless (not giving sufficient attention or thought)
- 3
hands-off (not controlling)
verb
- 1
past participle of despreocuparse
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de despreocuparse.
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona, que no asume responsabilidad alguna y se desentiende de la misma.
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 despreocupado
- despreocupada feminine
- despreocupados masculine plural
- despreocupadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce despreocupado?
- /despɾeokuˈpado/
- [d̪es.pɾe.o.kuˈpa.ð̞o]
- [d̪espɾeokuˈpað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to despreocupado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is despreocupado in Spanish?
despreocupado appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).