desengaño

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See also: desengano and desengañó

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /desenˈɡaɲo/
  • Rhymes: -aɲo
  • Syllabification: des‧en‧ga‧ño

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desengañar.

Noun

desengaño m (plural desengaños)

  1. realization of the truth, especially after a period of deceit
    • 1773, Don Fray Benito Geronymo Feyjoo y Montenegro, Theatro critico universal: ó Discursos varios en todo género de materias, para desengaño de errores comunes, Volume 7, Don Antonio de Sancha’s press’s press, page 98:
      Aun mas claro desengaño de que no fue Bochart Autor de este descubrimiento, []
      An even clearer realisation that Bochart wasn’t the Author of this discovery,
  2. disappointment
    • 1999, Ira D. Glick, Tratamento de la depresión, Ediciones Granica, page 28:
      Las cicatrices que son producto de desengaño, resentimento e ira pueden permanecer mucho tiempo después de que los síntomas de la depresión hayan cesado.
      The scars which result from disappointment, resentment and wrath can remain for a long time after the symptoms of depression have ceased.
    Synonyms: decepción, desilusión

Etymology 2

Verb

desengaño

  1. first-person singular present indicative of desengañar

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