decepcionante
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.se.pi.si.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /de.sep.si.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.sep.si.oˈnɐ̃.te/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈnɐ̃.te], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈnɐ̃.te/, /de.se.pi.si.oˈnɐ̃.te/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈnɐ̃.te], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈnɐ̃.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.sɨ.psjuˈnɐ̃.tɨ/
- Hyphenation: de‧cep‧ci‧o‧nan‧te
Adjective
decepcionante m or f (plural decepcionantes) (Brazilian spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)
- disappointing (that disappoints)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:decepcionante.
Spanish
Etymology
From decepcionar + -ante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /deθebθjoˈnante/ [d̪e.θeβ̞.θjoˈnãn̪.t̪e]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /desebsjoˈnante/ [d̪e.seβ̞.sjoˈnãn̪.t̪e]
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: de‧cep‧cio‧nan‧te
Adjective
decepcionante m or f (masculine and feminine plural decepcionantes)
- disappointing, underwhelming
- Synonym: desilusionante
- anticlimactic
- Synonym: anticlimático
Derived terms
Further reading
- “decepcionante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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