desconocido
Spanish
Etymology
From desconocer + -ido.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskonoˈθido/ [d̪es.ko.noˈθi.ð̞o] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /deskonoˈsido/ [d̪es.ko.noˈsi.ð̞o] (Latin America, Philippines)
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: des‧co‧no‧ci‧do
Adjective
desconocido (feminine desconocida, masculine plural desconocidos, feminine plural desconocidas)
- unknown, undisclosed, unbeknownst
- unfamiliar
- uncharted, undiscovered
- Synonym: inexplorado
Noun
desconocido m (plural desconocidos, feminine desconocida, feminine plural desconocidas)
- unknown
- John Doe
- Synonym: Juan Pérez
- stranger (unknown person)
- Synonyms: extranjero, forastero
Participle
desconocido (feminine desconocida, masculine plural desconocidos, feminine plural desconocidas)
- past participle of desconocer
Further reading
- “desconocido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024