decepcionar

From decepción +‎ -ar.

decepcionar (first-person singular present decepciono, first-person singular preterite decepcionei, past participle decepcionado)

1. (transitive) to disappoint

• “decepcionar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

• dececionar (Portugal)

• Hyphenation: de‧cep‧ci‧o‧nar

decepcionar (first-person singular present decepciono, first-person singular preterite decepcionei, past participle decepcionado) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling)

1. to disappoint; to let down

   Synonym: desapontar

   • 2014, Fábio, Até parece que foi sonho - Meus trinta anos de amizade com Tim Maia, Matrix Editora, →ISBN, page 38:

     “Fabiano, eu sou formado em ‘cornologia, sofrência e cirurgia capilar’”, dizia-me, quando se decepcionava com uma mulher.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

From decepción +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /deθebθjoˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.θeβ̞.θjoˈnaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /desebsjoˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.seβ̞.sjoˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧cep‧cio‧nar

decepcionar (first-person singular present decepciono, first-person singular preterite decepcioné, past participle decepcionado)

1. (transitive) to disappoint, to let down, to underwhelm

   Synonym: desilusionar

• Decepcionar is a false friend, and does not mean "to deceive". The word for "to deceive" in Spanish is engañar.

• “decepcionar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024