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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desenˈɡaɲo/
- Rhymes: -aɲo
- Syllabification: des‧en‧ga‧ño
Etymology 1
Deverbal from desengañar.
Noun
desengaño m (plural desengaños)
- 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,
- 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
- first-person singular present indicative of desengañar
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