desaprovechado
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /desapɾobeˈt͡ʃado/ [d̪e.sa.pɾo.β̞eˈt͡ʃa.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ado
- Syllabification: de‧sa‧pro‧ve‧cha‧do
Adjective
[edit]desaprovechado (feminine desaprovechada, masculine plural desaprovechados, feminine plural desaprovechadas)
- wasted, squandered (such as a wasted opportunity)
- untapped, underused (such as an untapped resource)
- someone who is not reaching their full potential, slacking (describing a student)
Participle
[edit]desaprovechado (feminine desaprovechada, masculine plural desaprovechados, feminine plural desaprovechadas)
Further reading
[edit]- “desaprovechado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10