desquiciado
Spanish, adjective/deskiˈθjado/
desquiciado is a Spanish adjective meaning “unhinged, deranged, crazy, mad (mentally disturbed)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desquiciar.
What does desquiciado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unhinged, deranged, crazy, mad (mentally disturbed)
verb
- 1
past participle of desquiciar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de desquiciar.
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 desquiciado
- desquiciada feminine
- desquiciados masculine plural
- desquiciadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desquiciado?
- /deskiˈθjado/
- [d̪es.kiˈθja.ð̞o]
- /deskiˈsjado/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desquiciado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desquiciado in Spanish?
desquiciado 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).