desenfadado

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Portuguese

Etymology

Past participle of desenfadar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda.du/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda.du/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽ.faˈda.du/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩ.faˈda.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽ.faˈda.do/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩ.faˈda.do/

Participle

desenfadado (feminine desenfadada, masculine plural desenfadados, feminine plural desenfadadas)

  1. past participle of desenfadar

Adjective

desenfadado (feminine desenfadada, masculine plural desenfadados, feminine plural desenfadadas)

  1. carefree, stressless

Spanish

Etymology

Past participle of desenfadar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desenfaˈdado/
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: de‧sen‧fa‧da‧do

Adjective

desenfadado (feminine desenfadada, masculine plural desenfadados, feminine plural desenfadadas)

  1. carefree, stressless, light-hearted, jaunty
    Synonyms: despreocupado, alegre
    • 2015 July 19, “Aquellos fantasmas de Bloomsbury”, in El País:
      Vita Sackville-West era poeta, novelista, periodista, viajera, pero sobre todo ejercía el oficio desenfadado de ser una aristócrata nacida en el castillo de Knole con raíces hasta el siglo XVI, aunque en su árbol genealógico se había colgado una tal Pepita, su abuela materna, hija de una gitana acróbata española casada con un barbero y luego con un bailarín hasta convertirse en amante de Lionel Sackville, a quien le hizo cinco hijos, entre ellos, la madre de Vita.
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  2. casual
    Synonym: casual

Participle

desenfadado (feminine desenfadada, masculine plural desenfadados, feminine plural desenfadadas)

  1. past participle of desenfadar

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