desafortunado

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.foʁ.tuˈna.du/ [de.za.foh.tuˈna.du], /d͡ʒi.za.foʁ.tuˈna.du/ [d͡ʒi.za.foh.tuˈna.du]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.foʁ.tuˈna.du/ [de.za.foh.tuˈna.du], /d͡ʒi.za.foʁ.tuˈna.du/ [d͡ʒi.za.foh.tuˈna.du]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.za.foɾ.tuˈna.du/, /d͡ʒi.za.foɾ.tuˈna.du/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.za.foʁ.tuˈna.du/ [de.za.foχ.tuˈna.du], /d͡ʒi.za.foʁ.tuˈna.du/ [d͡ʒi.za.foχ.tuˈna.du]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.foɻ.tuˈna.do/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.fuɾ.tuˈna.du/ [dɨ.zɐ.fuɾ.tuˈna.ðu]

Adjective

desafortunado (feminine desafortunada, masculine plural desafortunados, feminine plural desafortunadas)

1. (of a person) unfortunate (not favoured by fortune)

   Synonym: azarado

2. (of an event) unfortunate (marked by or resulting in misfortune)

   Synonym: infeliz

Derived terms

• desafortunadamente

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ afortunado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desafoɾtuˈnado/ [d̪e.sa.foɾ.t̪uˈna.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: de‧sa‧for‧tu‧na‧do

Adjective

desafortunado (feminine desafortunada, masculine plural desafortunados, feminine plural desafortunadas)

1. without luck; unfortunate

   Synonym: desgraciado

   Antonym: afortunado

   Los personajes son desafortunados.

   The characters are unlucky.

Derived terms

• desafortunadamente

 

Further reading

• “desafortunado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28