Polyglot Dictionary

desconocido

/deskonoˈsiðo/

adjective B1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

feminine
desconocida
plural
desconocidos

Meaning

  1. unknown

    • Es un lugar desconocido para mí.

      It's an unknown place to me.

Similar words

ignoto

desconocido is the everyday word for "unknown," like a stranger or an unknown fact; ignoto is literary or poetic, like unknown, undiscovered lands.

Similar in other languages

German

unbekannt

unbekannt is the German word for the same thing — both mean "unknown."

Portuguese

desconhecido

desconhecido is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "unknown."

Practice

1 What does desconocido mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es un lugar ___ para mí.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches desconocido?

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