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inesperado

Spanish, adjective/inespeˈɾado/

inesperado is a Spanish adjective meaning “unexpected” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que ocurre sin que se pueda prever o esperarse”.

What does inesperado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    unexpected

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que ocurre sin que se pueda prever o esperarse

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 inesperado

  • inesperada feminine
  • inesperados masculine plural
  • inesperadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce inesperado?

  • /inespeˈɾado/
  • [i.nes.peˈɾa.ð̞o]
  • [ĩnespeˈɾað̞o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to inesperado

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

How common is inesperado in Spanish?

inesperado appears 7.4 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).