desconfiado
Spanish, adjective/deskonˈfjado/
desconfiado is a Spanish adjective meaning “distrustful, untrusting, mistrustful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desconfiar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una persona, que está advertido de la posible maldad de las personas y toma previsiones para evitar…”.
What does desconfiado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
distrustful, untrusting, mistrustful
- 2
suspicious
verb
- 1
past participle of desconfiar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Participio de desconfiar.
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona, que está advertido de la posible maldad de las personas y toma previsiones para evitar los engaños y las trampas.
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 desconfiado
- desconfiada feminine
- desconfiados masculine plural
- desconfiadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desconfiado?
- /deskonˈfjado/
- [d̪es.kõɱˈfja.ð̞o]
- [d̪eskõɱˈfjað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desconfiado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desconfiado in Spanish?
desconfiado appears 1.1 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).