descontento

adj.

discontent, sad, discontented, displeased.

m.

dissatisfaction, discontentment, unhappiness, discontent.

pres.indicat.

1^st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: descontentar.

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descontento

► adjetivo

1 displeased, unhappy, dissatisfied, discontented

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 malcontent

► nombre masculino descontento

1 discontent, dissatisfaction

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descontento

► nombre masculino

1 discontent, dissatisfaction

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1. (f. - descontenta)

adj.

discontented

2. noun m.

discontent

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descontento, -a

1. ADJ

1) (=insatisfecho) dissatisfied, discontented (de with)

2) (=disgustado) disgruntled (de about, at)

2.

SM / F Méx malcontent

3. SM

1) (=insatisfacción) dissatisfaction

2) (=disgusto) disgruntlement

3) (Pol) discontent, unrest

hay mucho descontento — there is a lot of unrest

descontento social — social unrest

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I

-ta adjetivo [estar] dissatisfied

descontento con algo/alguien — unhappy o dissatisfied with something/somebody

quedó descontento con lo que le di — he wasn't satisfied o happy with what I gave him

II

masculino discontent

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= dissatisfied, discontent, dissatisfaction, irritation, disgruntled, unrest, disaffected, disaffection, restlessness.

Ex. If you are dissatisfied with your responses, go back and revise such parts of the text as you think fit.

Ex. No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.

Ex. During her tenure as head of the EPA library, she dealt with the dissatisfaction with the national treatment of U.S. documents in a most constructive manner, by establishing the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT).

Ex. Datto felt a wave of irritation engulf him, but he persevered, keeping his voice steady.

Ex. The director of our public library hired as a page the daughter of a friend, who turned out to be unreliable and untrustworthy, and as a consequence had to handle a disgruntled head of circulation.

Ex. The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.

Ex. Further, there is evidence of publisher, author, and library user disaffection with the law of copyright.

Ex. A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.

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* descontento entre los trabajadores = industrial unrest.

* descontento político = political unrest.

* descontento social = civil unrest, social unrest.

* estar descontento con = express + dissatisfaction with.

* sentirse descontento con = experience + dissatisfaction with.

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I

-ta adjetivo [estar] dissatisfied

descontento con algo/alguien — unhappy o dissatisfied with something/somebody

quedó descontento con lo que le di — he wasn't satisfied o happy with what I gave him

II

masculino discontent

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= dissatisfied, discontent, dissatisfaction, irritation, disgruntled, unrest, disaffected, disaffection, restlessness.

Ex: If you are dissatisfied with your responses, go back and revise such parts of the text as you think fit.

Ex: No one complained about Duff to her, and she decided not to probe for discontents.

Ex: During her tenure as head of the EPA library, she dealt with the dissatisfaction with the national treatment of U.S. documents in a most constructive manner, by establishing the Government Documents Round Table (GODORT).

Ex: Datto felt a wave of irritation engulf him, but he persevered, keeping his voice steady.

Ex: The director of our public library hired as a page the daughter of a friend, who turned out to be unreliable and untrustworthy, and as a consequence had to handle a disgruntled head of circulation.

Ex: The subjects referred to recur frequently in the writings of the 'socially committed' -- drugs, sex, racism, student unrest, riots, scandals in government, conservation, the role of women in society are among them.

Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.

Ex: Further, there is evidence of publisher, author, and library user disaffection with the law of copyright.

Ex: A five- to ten-fold increase of the soporific dose resulted in restlessness and disorientation instead of sleep.

* descontento entre los trabajadores = industrial unrest.

* descontento político = political unrest.

* descontento social = civil unrest, social unrest.

* estar descontento con = express + dissatisfaction with.

* sentirse descontento con = experience + dissatisfaction with.

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descontento¹ -ta

adjective

[ ESTAR] dissatisfied descontento CON algo/algn unhappy WITH sth/sb, dissatisfied WITH sth/sb

estoy descontento con los resultados I'm unhappy o dissatisfied with the results, I'm not at all happy with the results

quedó descontento con lo que le di he wasn't satisfied o happy with what I gave him

descontento²

masculine

discontent

manifestaron su descontento they made known their discontent o dissatisfaction, they let it be known that they were dissatisfied o unhappy

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Del verbo descontentar: (conjugate descontentar)

descontento es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

descontentó es:

3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

descontento 1

◊ -ta adjetivo [estar] dissatisfied;

descontento con algo/algn unhappy o dissatisfied with sth/sb
descontento 2 sustantivo masculino
discontent
descontento,-a
I adjetivo unhappy, dissatisfied [con, with]
II sustantivo masculino dissatisfaction

'descontento' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
agitación
- conflictividad
- descontenta
- disimulado
- insatisfecho
English:
discontent
- discontented
- dissatisfaction
- dissatisfied
- grunt
- undercurrent
- undertone
- unhappiness
- unhappy
- unrest
- disgruntled
- frustrated

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descontento, -a

♦ adj

unhappy, dissatisfied;

estar descontento con algo/alguien to be dissatisfied o unhappy with sth/sb;

dijo estar descontento con la decisión de los tribunales he said he was unhappy with the court's decision

♦ nm

dissatisfaction;

los sindicatos expresaron su descontento con la nueva ley the unions expressed their dissatisfaction with the new law;

entre la población cundió el descontento discontent was spreading among the population

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descontento

I adj dissatisfied

II m dissatisfaction

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descontento, -ta adj

: discontented, dissatisfied

descontento nm

: discontent, dissatisfaction

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descontento adj unhappy [comp. unhappier; superl. unhappiest] / dissatisfied