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decepcionante m or f (plural decepcionantes) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)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

Further reading

• “decepcionante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “decepcionante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish decepción

Spanish -ar

Spanish decepcionar

Proto-Indo-European *-onts

Latin -ns

Latin -antem

Spanish -ante

Spanish decepcionante

From decepcionar + -ante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deθebθjoˈnante/ [d̪e.θeβ̞.θjoˈnãn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /desebsjoˈnante/ [d̪e.seβ̞.sjoˈnãn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025