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Spanish
Etymology
From desgraciado + -mente.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /desɡɾaˌθjadaˈmente/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /desɡɾaˌsjadaˈmente/
- Rhymes: -ente
- Syllabification: des‧gra‧cia‧da‧men‧te
Adverb
desgraciadamente
- unfortunately; unluckily
- Synonyms: por desgracia, desafortunadamente, lamentablemente
- Antonym: afortunadamente
2017 September 25, Gregorio Belinchón, quoting Antonio Banderas, “Antonio Banderas: “Lo de Cataluña es un animal extraño, parece una película de Berlanga””, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:Por desgracia, hay ciudades en España que ya no tienen salas de cine. Los festivales intentan mantener vivo el ritual de ver películas en salas a oscuras con gente desconocida, algo que desgraciadamente va desapareciendo.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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