desprolijo
Spanish, adjective/despɾoˈlixo/
desprolijo is spelled D-E-S-P-R-O-L-I-J-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 102,764th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desprolijo is a Spanish adjective meaning “sloppy, messy, unkempt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sin prolijidad; sin esmero ni cuidado”.
What does desprolijo mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sloppy, messy, unkempt
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Sin prolijidad; sin esmero ni cuidado. 2. Dicho de una persona: falto de dedicación, esmero, y cuidado. 3. Desordenado, desorganizado.
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 desprolijo
- desprolija feminine
- desprolijos masculine plural
- desprolijas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desprolijo?
- /despɾoˈlixo/
- [d̪es.pɾoˈli.xo]
- [d̪espɾoˈlixo]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desprolijo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desprolijo in Spanish?
desprolijo appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).