desalmado

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- (“without”) +‎ alma (“soul”) +‎ -ado (adjective suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zawˈma.du/ [de.zaʊ̯ˈma.du]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zalˈma.du/ [dɨ.zaɫˈma.ðu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zalˈma.du/ [dɨ.zaɫˈma.ðu]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zalˈma.du/ [dɨ.zaɫˈma.du]

1. Hyphenation: de‧sal‧ma‧do

Adjective

desalmado (feminine desalmada, masculine plural desalmados, feminine plural desalmadas)

1. heartless, soulless

   Synonym: sem coração

2. ruthless
3. cruel

   Synonym: cruel

Further reading

• “desalmado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From des- (“without”) +‎ alma (“soul”) +‎ -ado (adjective suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desalˈmado/ [d̪e.salˈma.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: de‧sal‧ma‧do

Adjective

desalmado (feminine desalmada, masculine plural desalmados, feminine plural desalmadas)

1. heartless, soulless

   Synonym: desangelado

2. ruthless

   Synonym: despiadado

3. cruel

   Synonym: cruel

Derived terms

• desalmadamente

Further reading

• “desalmado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025