desquiciante
Spanish, adjective/deskiˈθjante/
desquiciante is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “maddening” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que desquicia”.
What does desquiciante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemaddening
Un sonido desquiciante que no me puedo sacar de la cabeza.
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que desquicia.
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 desquiciante
- desquiciantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desquiciante?
- /deskiˈθjante/
- [d̪es.kiˈθjãn̪.t̪e]
- /deskiˈsjante/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desquiciante in Spanish?
desquiciante appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).