decepcionar
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
decepcionar (first-person singular present decepciono, first-person singular preterite decepcionei, past participle decepcionado)
- (transitive) to disappoint
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of decepcionar
Further reading edit
- “decepcionar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.se.pi.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [de.se.pi.sjoˈna(h)], /de.sep.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [de.sep.sjoˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.se.pi.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈna(ɾ)/, /de.sep.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.se.pi.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [de.se.pi.sjoˈna(χ)], /de.sep.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [de.sep.sjoˈna(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.sep.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈna(ɻ)/, /de.se.pi.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈna(ɻ)/
- Hyphenation: de‧cep‧ci‧o‧nar
Verb edit
decepcionar (first-person singular present decepciono, first-person singular preterite decepcionei, past participle decepcionado) (Brazilian spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)
- to disappoint; to let down
- Synonym: desapontar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of decepcionar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deθebθjoˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.θeβ̞.θjoˈnaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /desebsjoˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.seβ̞.sjoˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧cep‧cio‧nar
Verb edit
decepcionar (first-person singular present decepciono, first-person singular preterite decepcioné, past participle decepcionado)
- (transitive) to disappoint, to let down, to underwhelm
- Synonym: desilusionar
Usage notes edit
- Decepcionar is a false friend, and does not mean "to deceive". The word for "to deceive" in Spanish is engañar.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of decepcionar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of decepcionar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “decepcionar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014