desgracia

See also: desgràcia and desgraciá

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desˈɡɾaθja/ [d̪ezˈɣ̞ɾa.θja] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /desˈɡɾasja/ [d̪ezˈɣ̞ɾa.sja] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aθja (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• Rhymes: -asja (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: des‧gra‧cia

Etymology 1

From des- +‎ gracia.

Noun

desgracia f (plural desgracias)

1. disgrace

   Antonym: gracia

2. misfortune, bad luck

   Synonym: infortunio

3. accident, disaster

   Synonym: accidente

Derived terms

• caer en desgracia

Related terms

• desgraciado
• desgraciar

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: disgrasya
• → Tagalog: disgrasya, desgrasya, disgrasiya
• → Yogad: disgrasya

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

desgracia

1. inflection of desgraciar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “desgracia”, 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