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desolado

Portuguese, adjective/de.zoˈla.du/

desolado is spelled D-E-S-O-L-A-D-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desolado is a Portuguese adjective meaning “bleak; desolate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of desolar.

What does desolado mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    bleak; desolate

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of desolar

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

Forms of desolado

  • desolada feminine
  • desolados masculine plural
  • desoladas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desolado?

  • Brazil /de.zoˈla.du/
  • Portugal /dɨ.zuˈla.du/
  • Portugal [dɨ.zuˈla.ðu]

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

English words that translate to desolado

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

How common is desolado in Portuguese?

desolado appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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