desasosiego

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desasoˈsjeɡo/
  • Rhymes: -eɡo
  • Syllabification: de‧sa‧so‧sie‧go

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desasosegar (to disturb).

Noun

desasosiego m (plural desasosiegos)

  1. anxiety, distress
    Synonyms: ansiedad, inquietud
    • 2010 February 18, “Blanca Andreu rompe su silencio con 'Los archivos griegos'”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:
      Del libro De una niña de provincias que se vino a vivir en un Chagall, con el que ganó el premio Adonais en 1980, ha reconocido que le aportó reconocimiento "pero mucho desasosiego".
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (politics) agitation, unrest
    Synonym: agitación

Etymology 2

Verb

desasosiego

  1. first-person singular present indicative of desasosegar

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