destemplado
Spanish, adjective/destemˈplado/
destemplado is spelled D-E-S-T-E-M-P-L-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish, the 187,919th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Destemplado is a Spanish adjective meaning “out of tune” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of destemplar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Falto de temple o de mesura”.
What does destemplado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
out of tune
- 2
dodgy; iffy
- 3
unpleasant
verb
- 1
past participle of destemplar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Falto de temple o de mesura. 2. Dícese del cuadro o de la pintura en que hay disconformidad de tonos. 3. Desafinado.
verb: 1. Participio de destemplar.
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 destemplado
- destemplada feminine
- destemplados masculine plural
- destempladas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce destemplado?
- /destemˈplado/
- [d̪es.t̪ẽmˈpla.ð̞o]
- [d̪est̪ẽmˈplað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to destemplado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is destemplado in Spanish?
destemplado appears about once in every 27 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).