descompuesto
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
descompuesto (feminine descompuesta, masculine plural descompuestos, feminine plural descompuestas)
- broken down, out of order
- Synonym: averiado
- rotten, decayed
- Synonyms: echado a perder, podrido, putrefacto
- rude, impolite
- misbehaved (of someone who formerly was more behaved)
- showing one’s age, seen better days, worse for the wear (said of someone whose face or body has become less attractive with age)
Usage notes edit
- sometimes the word "broken", when means "broken down", is mistranslated to Spanish as "roto", instead as "descompuesto"
Derived terms edit
Participle edit
descompuesto (feminine descompuesta, masculine plural descompuestos, feminine plural descompuestas)
Further reading edit
- “descompuesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014