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"disappointed" in seven languages

Meaningdisappointed

Spanish

decepcionado

/deθepθjoˈnado/

learned

Built on decepción, a learned borrowing of Latin DĒCEPTIŌNEM.

French

déçu

/desy/

inherited

Past participle of décevoir 'to disappoint'.

Italian

deluso

/deˈluzo/

other source · Latin DĒLŪSUM, participle of DĒLŪDERE 'to mock, deceive'

Portuguese

decepcionado

/desepsjoˈnadu/

learned

Built on decepção, a learned word: a decepção is a letdown, not a deception.

Romanian

dezamăgit

/dezaməˈdʒit/

other source · dezamăgi: dez- + amăgi 'to deceive' (of uncertain origin)

Catalan

decebut

/dəsəˈbut/

inherited

From decebre, inherited like French décevoir.

English

disappointed

/dɪsəˈpɔɪntɪd/

other source · Old French desapointer 'to remove from office'

English → ItaliandisappointeddelusoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: deceive, deception; delusion (it).What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

DĒCIPERE‘to catch out, deceive’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

French déçu and Spanish decepcionado mean disappointed, not deceived: a classic trap for English speakers. Italian deluso comes from DĒLŪDERE, the root of English delusion.

English relatives: deceive, deception; delusion (it)

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In a sentence

  • esEstoy decepcionado con el resultado.
  • frJe suis déçu par le résultat.
  • itSono deluso dal risultato.
  • ptEstou decepcionado com o resultado.
  • roSunt dezamăgit de rezultat.
  • caEstic decebut amb el resultat.
  • enI'm disappointed with the result.

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