desteñido
Spanish, adjective/desteˈɲido/
desteñido is spelled D-E-S-T-E-Ñ-I-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish, the 122,511th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desteñido is a Spanish adjective meaning “dull, faded” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desteñir.
What does desteñido mean in English?
adjective
- 1
dull, faded
verb
- 1
past participle of desteñir
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de desteñir.
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 desteñido
- desteñida feminine
- desteñidos masculine plural
- desteñidas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desteñido?
- /desteˈɲido/
- [d̪es.t̪eˈɲi.ð̞o]
- [d̪est̪eˈɲið̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desteñido in Spanish?
desteñido appears about once in every 11 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).