despoblado

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /despoˈblado/ [d̪es.poˈβ̞la.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: des‧po‧bla‧do

Adjective

despoblado (feminine despoblada, masculine plural despoblados, feminine plural despobladas)

1. unpopulated

   Antonym: poblado

   • 2015 July 7, “Venezuela impone sanciones diplomáticas a Guyana [Venezuela imposes diplomatic sanctions on Guyana]”, in El País‎^[1]:

     Se trata de la inmensa y mayormente despoblada región selvática que va desde la ribera occidental del río Esequibo hasta el Monte Roraima, que representa casi dos terceras partes del mapa actual de Guyana.

     This is the vast and largely unpopulated jungle region that runs from the west bank of the Essequibo River to Mount Roraima, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of Guyana's current map.

Participle

despoblado (feminine despoblada, masculine plural despoblados, feminine plural despobladas)

1. past participle of despoblar (“to depopulate”)

Further reading

• “despoblado”, 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