destartalado
Spanish, adjective/destaɾtaˈlado/
destartalado is spelled D-E-S-T-A-R-T-A-L-A-D-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 62,884th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destartalado is a Spanish adjective meaning “ramshackle, dilapidated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of destartalar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Descompuesto, desproporcionado y sin orden”.
What does destartalado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ramshackle, dilapidated
verb
- 1
past participle of destartalar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Descompuesto, desproporcionado y sin orden. 2. Estropeado, deteriorado.
verb: 1. Participio de destartalar.
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 destartalado
- destartalada feminine
- destartalados masculine plural
- destartaladas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destartalado?
- /destaɾtaˈlado/
- [d̪es.t̪aɾ.t̪aˈla.ð̞o]
- [d̪est̪aɾt̪aˈlað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to destartalado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destartalado in Spanish?
destartalado 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).