descuidado

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kujˈda.du/ [des.kuɪ̯ˈda.du], /d͡ʒis.kujˈda.du/ [d͡ʒis.kuɪ̯ˈda.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kujˈda.du/ [des.kuɪ̯ˈda.du], /d͡ʒis.kujˈda.du/ [d͡ʒis.kuɪ̯ˈda.du]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.kujˈda.du/ [deʃ.kuɪ̯ˈda.du], /d͡ʒiʃ.kujˈda.du/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kuɪ̯ˈda.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kujˈda.do/ [des.kuɪ̯ˈda.do]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kujˈda.du/ [dɨʃ.kujˈða.ðu]

Adjective

descuidado (feminine descuidada, masculine plural descuidados, feminine plural descuidadas)

1. careless (not giving sufficient attention or thought)

   Synonym: desatencioso

Participle

descuidado (feminine descuidada, masculine plural descuidados, feminine plural descuidadas)

1. past participle of descuidar

Further reading

• “descuidado”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “descuidado”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskwiˈdado/ [d̪es.kwiˈð̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: des‧cui‧da‧do

Adjective

descuidado (feminine descuidada, masculine plural descuidados, feminine plural descuidadas)

1. neglected
2. careless, sloppy, slipshod
3. remiss, neglectful, lax
4. unkempt, slovenly, frowzy, messy, untidy

Participle

descuidado (feminine descuidada, masculine plural descuidados, feminine plural descuidadas)

1. past participle of descuidar

Further reading

• “descuidado”, 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