cariacontecido

Spanish

Etymology

From cara +‎ acontecido.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /kaɾjakonteˈθido/ [ka.ɾja.kõn̪.t̪eˈθi.ð̞o]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /kaɾjakonteˈsido/ [ka.ɾja.kõn̪.t̪eˈsi.ð̞o]
Rhymes: -ido
Syllabification: ca‧ria‧con‧te‧ci‧do

Adjective

cariacontecido (feminine cariacontecida, masculine plural cariacontecidos, feminine plural cariacontecidas)

crestfallen, disappointed, down in the mouth
- 2015 October 31, “Opinión”, in El País‎:
  Marta aparece más cariacontecida, siempre es más duro para una madre ver que tus problemas, o imputaciones, arrastran a la prole.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“cariacontecido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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