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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desˈɡana/
- Rhymes: -ana
- Syllabification: des‧ga‧na
Etymology 1
Deverbal from desganar.
Noun
desgana f (plural desganas)
- reluctance, reticence
- Synonyms: reluctancia, reticencia
2015 September 16, “Cuando se trata de competir”, in El País:Con toda la experiencia acumulada y el conocimiento de que lo que coloca a cada uno en su sitio no es la primera semana, sino la segunda, cumplimos los trámites no diré que con desgana, pero sí con un punto de rutina sólo alterada si las cosas se ponen realmente feas.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
desgana
- inflection of desganar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
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