decepcionante

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• dececionante (Portugal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.se.pi.si.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /de.sep.si.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.se.pi.si.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/, /de.sep.si.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.sep.si.oˈnɐ̃.te/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈnɐ̃.te], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈnɐ̃.te/, /de.se.pi.si.oˈnɐ̃.te/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈnɐ̃.te], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈnɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.sɨ.psjuˈnɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: de‧cep‧ci‧o‧nan‧te

Adjective

decepcionante m or f (plural decepcionantes) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)

1. disappointing (that disappoints)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:decepcionante.

Spanish

Etymology

From decepcionar +‎ -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deθebθjoˈnante/ [d̪e.θeβ̞.θjoˈnãn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desebsjoˈnante/ [d̪e.seβ̞.sjoˈnãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: de‧cep‧cio‧nan‧te

Adjective

decepcionante m or f (masculine and feminine plural decepcionantes)

1. disappointing, underwhelming

   Synonym: desilusionante

2. anticlimactic

   Synonym: anticlimático

Derived terms

• decepcionantemente

 

Further reading

• “decepcionante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28