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Spanish
Etymology
From sin (“without”) + sabor (“flavour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sinsaˈboɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: sin‧sa‧bor
Noun
sinsabor m (plural sinsabores)
- insipidness, lack of flavour
- Synonyms: desabrimiento, insipidez
- disappointment, chagrin
- Synonyms: acíbar, pena
1646, Baltasar Gracián, El Discreto:El sinsabor que ocasionó el esclavo no ha de ser desabrimiento de la ingenuidad, mas quien no tiene capacidad para conocerse, menos tendrá valor para enmendarse.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1887, Juan Valera, La cordobesa:la mujer cordobesa, como las demás españolas, conserva siempre un manantial purísimo de consuelo para sus sinsabores y disgustos: este manantial es la religión cristiana- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1994, Enrique Obando Arbulú, Nuevas amenazas a la seguridad y relaciones civiles:Es evidente que hay un sinsabor por la poca colaboración de la Comunidad Internacional para los esfuerzos que realiza el Perú- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- trouble, difficulty
- Synonym: pesadumbre
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