despiadado

From des- +‎ piedad (“mercy”) +‎ -ado.

• IPA^(key): /despjaˈdado/ [d̪es.pjaˈð̞a.ð̞o]
• Rhymes: -ado
• Syllabification: des‧pia‧da‧do

despiadado (feminine despiadada, masculine plural despiadados, feminine plural despiadadas)

1. merciless, ruthless, cutthroat, pitiless, cold-blooded, remorseless, savage

• “despiadado”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28