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Spanish
Etymology
From desconocer + -ido.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deskonoˈθido/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /deskonoˈsido/
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: des‧co‧no‧ci‧do
Adjective
desconocido (feminine desconocida, masculine plural desconocidos, feminine plural desconocidas)
- unknown, undisclosed, unbeknownst
- Synonym: (formal) ignoto
- Antonym: conocido
- unfamiliar
- uncharted, undiscovered
- Synonym: inexplorado
Noun
desconocido m (plural desconocidos, feminine desconocida, feminine plural desconocidas)
- unknown
- John Doe
- Synonym: Juan Pérez
- stranger (unknown person)
- Synonyms: extranjero, forastero
Participle
desconocido (feminine desconocida, masculine plural desconocidos, feminine plural desconocidas)
- past participle of desconocer
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