desdichado
unhappy
Reviewed by: David WestfallCofounder
Describes someone who is unhappy or unfortunate
Encoding Strategies:
linguistic
Desdichado means unhappy and describes a person marked by desdicha0.
desdichado
unhappy, miserable, wretched
A person weighed down by sadness or hardship.
Se siente desdichada desde que se quedó solaShe has felt unhappy since she was left alone
Pasó una infancia desdichada en aquel puebloHe had a miserable childhood in that town
unfortunate, unlucky
A person or thing that bad luck falls on.
Fue un intento desdichado desde el principioIt was an unfortunate attempt from the start
Es tan desdichado que siempre pierde el último trenHe is so unlucky that he always misses the last train
poor wretch, unfortunate soul (noun)
A person you pity for everything that has gone wrong for them. They are literally "the unfortunate one."
Aquel desdichado lo perdió todo en el incendioThat poor wretch lost everything in the fire
Nadie ayudó a la desdichada que pedía auxilioNobody helped the unfortunate soul who was calling for help