desgraçado
Portuguese, noun/dez.ɡɾaˈsa.du/
desgraçado is spelled D-E-S-G-R-A-Ç-A-D-O (10 letters) and appears 9.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 7,879th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desgraçado is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “wretch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desgraçar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo muito pobre”.
What does desgraçado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
wretched, miserable, poor, hapless
noun
- 1
masculinewretch
verb
- 1
past participle of desgraçar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. infeliz 2. agourento 3. lastimoso 4. miserável
noun: 1. indivíduo muito pobre 2. indivíduo desprezível, pelo seu proceder
verb: 1. particípio passado de desgraçar
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 desgraçado
- desgraçada feminine
- desgraçados masculine plural
- desgraçadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desgraçado?
- Brazil /dez.ɡɾaˈsa.du/
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.ɡɾaˈsa.du/
- /deʒ.ɡɾaˈsa.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 desgraçado
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desgraçado in Portuguese?
desgraçado appears 9.1 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).