desesperado
Portuguese, adjective/d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa.du/
desesperado is spelled D-E-S-E-S-P-E-R-A-D-O (11 letters) and appears 7.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,736th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desesperado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “desperate (filled with despair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desesperar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não espera”.
What does desesperado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
desperate (filled with despair)
- 2
hopeless (destitute of hope)
verb
- 1
past participle of desesperar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não espera 2. que perdeu a esperança 3. que não dá esperança 4. encarniçado
noun: 1. indivíduo alucinado
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desesperado
- desesperada feminine
- desesperados masculine plural
- desesperadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desesperado?
- Brazil /d͡ʒi.zis.peˈɾa.du/
- Brazil /de.zes.peˈɾa.du/
- /d͡ʒi.ziʃ.peˈɾa.du/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desesperado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desesperado in Portuguese?
desesperado appears 7.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).