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indigno

Spanish, adjective

indigno is spelled I-N-D-I-G-N-O (7 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish, the 23,327th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indigno is a Spanish adjective meaning “unworthy (lacking value or merit)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of indignar. With an accent, indignó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of indignar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no merece o no es digno de algo”.

What does indigno mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unworthy (lacking value or merit)

verb

  1. 1

    first-person singular present indicative of indignar

verb

as indignó
  1. 1

    third-person singular preterite indicative of indignar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que no merece o no es digno de algo. 2. Que no le corresponde aquello que tiene; que es inferior al mérito a que aspira o al beneficio de que goza. 3. Vil, cruel, despreciable, ofensivo a la moral, a la justicia o a la dignidad.

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 indigno

  • indigna feminine
  • indignos masculine plural
  • indignas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to indigno

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is indigno in Spanish?

indigno appears 1.9 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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