malpensado
Spanish, adjective[malpẽnˈsað̞o]
malpensado is spelled M-A-L-P-E-N-S-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 138,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Malpensado is a Spanish adjective meaning “having ill thoughts, thinking bad of things/people” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que en caso de duda tiende a pensar en el aspecto negativo, desfavorable o morboso de las situaciones o a…”.
What does malpensado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
having ill thoughts, thinking bad of things/people
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que en caso de duda tiende a pensar en el aspecto negativo, desfavorable o morboso de las situaciones o a interpretar así las intenciones o palabras de otros. 2. Que toma las frases de doble sentido por la parte más escatológica o morbosa, generalmente cuando se disfraza de contenido sexual.
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 malpensado
- malpensada feminine
- malpensados masculine plural
- malpensadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce malpensado?
- [malpẽnˈsað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is malpensado in Spanish?
malpensado 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).