desventurado
Spanish, adjective/desbentuˈɾado/
desventurado is spelled D-E-S-V-E-N-T-U-R-A-D-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desventurado is a Spanish adjective meaning “unfortunate, luckless, hapless” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desgraciado, infeliz”.
What does desventurado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
unfortunate, luckless, hapless
- 2
ill-fated, doomed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Desgraciado, infeliz. 2. Infausto, aciago. 3. Cuitado, sin espíritu. 4. Avariento, miserable.
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 desventurado
- desventurada feminine
- desventurados masculine plural
- desventuradas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desventurado?
- /desbentuˈɾado/
- [d̪ez.β̞ẽn̪.t̪uˈɾa.ð̞o]
- [d̪esβ̞ẽn̪t̪uˈɾað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desventurado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desventurado in Spanish?
desventurado appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).