desdichado

adj.

unhappy, unfortunate, fateful, ill-fated.

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desdichado

► adjetivo

1 unfortunate, wretched, unlucky

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 poor devil, wretch

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desdichado, -a

1. ADJ

1) [persona] (=infeliz) unhappy; (=desgraciado) unlucky

¡qué desdichado soy! — how wretched I am!

2) [día] ill-fated

fue un día desdichado — it was an ill-fated day

2.

SM / F poor devil

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I

-da adjetivo

a) (infeliz) unhappy

es desdichado en su matrimonio — he is unhappy in his marriage

b) (desafortunado)

aquel desdichado día — that ill-fated day

ser desdichado en amores — to be unlucky in love

II

-da masculino, femenino

es un pobre desdichado — he's a poor unfortunate wretch

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= star-crossed, unfortunate.

Ex. The 1996 film of 'Romeo and Juliet' is a gripping presentation of Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers in an impulsive, hot-headed, violent world.

Ex. It is an unfortunate fact that many external services cannot hope to mirror the interests of a specific organisation.

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I

-da adjetivo

a) (infeliz) unhappy

es desdichado en su matrimonio — he is unhappy in his marriage

b) (desafortunado)

aquel desdichado día — that ill-fated day

ser desdichado en amores — to be unlucky in love

II

-da masculino, femenino

es un pobre desdichado — he's a poor unfortunate wretch

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= star-crossed, unfortunate.

Ex: The 1996 film of 'Romeo and Juliet' is a gripping presentation of Shakespeare's story of star-crossed lovers in an impulsive, hot-headed, violent world.

Ex: It is an unfortunate fact that many external services cannot hope to mirror the interests of a specific organisation.

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desdichado¹ -da

adjective

unhappy

es desdichado en su matrimonio he is unhappy in his marriage

desdichado² -da

masculine, feminine

1

(infeliz): es un pobre desdichado he's a poor unfortunate wretch

2 (persona despreciable) miserable wretch

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desdichado

◊ -da adjetivo

a) (infeliz) unhappy

b) [ser] ‹día› ill-fated;

◊ ser desdichado en amores to be unlucky in love

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:

◊ es un pobre desdichado he's a poor unfortunate wretch

desdichado,-a
I adjetivo unlucky, unfortunate
II sustantivo masculino y femenino poor devil, unfortunate

'desdichado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desdichada
- desgraciada
- desgraciado
- desafortunado
English:
miserable
- wretched
- unhappy
- wretch

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desdichado, -a

♦ adj

1. [decisión, situación, momento] unfortunate;

aquel desdichado día en que la conocí the fateful o unlucky day on which I met her

2. [persona] [sin suerte] unlucky;

[sin felicidad] unhappy;

desdichado en amores unlucky in love

♦ nm,f

poor wretch;

no es más que un pobre desdichado he's just a poor wretch

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desdichado

I adj

1 unhappy

2 (sin suerte) unlucky

II m, desdichada f poor soul

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desdichado, -da adj

1) : unfortunate

2) : miserable, unhappy

desdichado, -da n

: wretch

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desdichado adj unlucky [comp. unluckier; superl. unluckiest]