descontento

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [dəs.kunˈte̞n.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəs.konˈten.to]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəs.kunˈten.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [des.konˈten.to]

Verb

descontento

1. first-person singular present indicative of descontentar

Portuguese

Verb

descontento

1. first-person singular present indicative of descontentar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskonˈtento/ [d̪es.kõn̪ˈt̪ẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: des‧con‧ten‧to

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Spanish des-

Spanish des-

Latin contentusbor.

Spanish contento

Spanish descontento

From des- + contento.

Adjective

descontento (feminine descontenta, masculine plural descontentos, feminine plural descontentas)

1. unhappy, discontented

Noun

descontento m (plural descontentos)

1. discontent, dissatisfaction

Etymology 2

Verb

descontento

1. first-person singular present indicative of descontentar

Further reading

• “descontento”, 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