desengaño

m.

disappointment, fiasco, disillusion.

pres.indicat.

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

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desengaño

► nombre masculino

1 (conocimiento de la verdad) eye-opener

2 (desilusión) disillusion; (decepción) disappointment

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FRASEOLOGÍA

llevarse/sufrir un desengaño to be disappointed

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SM

1) (=desilusión) disillusion, disillusionment

los desengaños te enseñarán — you'll learn the hard way

2) (=decepción) disappointment

sufrir un desengaño amoroso — to be disappointed in love

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masculino disappointment

me llevé un desengaño cuando me enteré de la verdad — it was a big disappointment when I found out the truth

sufrió un desengaño amoroso — she had an unhappy love affair

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= disenchantment, disillusionment, disillusion, letdown.

Ex. The librarian's disenchantment with the library's invisible public was heightened by the fact that so few actual users made 'efficient' use of their local public libraries.

Ex. Chances for advancement were slim, and disillusionment at the lack of encouragement to participate in professional activities outside the job was rife.

Ex. The author discusses the disillusion she developed with Italian politics and its failure to deliver properly funded nationwide public library system for Italy in the postwar period.

Ex. The budget was also a letdown to people disabled by their addiction to alcohol and cigarrettes.

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masculino disappointment

me llevé un desengaño cuando me enteré de la verdad — it was a big disappointment when I found out the truth

sufrió un desengaño amoroso — she had an unhappy love affair

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= disenchantment, disillusionment, disillusion, letdown.

Ex: The librarian's disenchantment with the library's invisible public was heightened by the fact that so few actual users made 'efficient' use of their local public libraries.

Ex: Chances for advancement were slim, and disillusionment at the lack of encouragement to participate in professional activities outside the job was rife.

Ex: The author discusses the disillusion she developed with Italian politics and its failure to deliver properly funded nationwide public library system for Italy in the postwar period.

Ex: The budget was also a letdown to people disabled by their addiction to alcohol and cigarrettes.

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desengaño

masculine

disappointment

me llevé un desengaño cuando me enteré de la verdad I was very disappointed o it was a big disappointment when I found out the truth

sufrió un desengaño amoroso she had an unhappy love affair

ha sufrido muchos desengaños en la vida he's suffered o had many disappointments in his life

su mayor desengaño fue cuando … the hardest blow for her was when …, her greatest disappointment came when …

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Del verbo desengañar: (conjugate desengañar)

desengaño es:

1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

desengañó es:

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

Multiple Entries:
desengañar    
desengaño
desengañar (conjugate desengañar) verbo transitivo (decepcionar) to disillusion;
(sacar del engaño, error) to get … to face the facts
desengañarse verbo pronominal

a) (decepcionarse) desengañose de algo to become disillusioned with o about sth

b) (salir del engaño, error) to stop fooling oneself

desengaño sustantivo masculino
disappointment;

◊ llevarse un desengaño to be disappointed;

un desengaño amoroso an unhappy love affair
desengañar verbo transitivo
1 (hacer ver la realidad) desengañar a alguien, to open sb's eyes: sus amigos le desengañaron, her friends helped her to see things as they really were
2 (decepcionar, desilusionar) to disappoint: Pablo nos ha desengañado con sus mentiras, Pablo has really disappointed us with his lies
desengaño sustantivo masculino disappointment: llevarse o sufrir un desengaño con algo, to be disappointed with sthg

'desengaño' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
profundo
English:
rue
- heart

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desengaño nm

disappointment;

he sufrido o [m5]me he llevado muchos desengaños en la vida I've had a lot of disappointments in my life;

sufrí un gran desengaño cuando me contaron lo ocurrido it was a big disappointment when they told me what had happened;

llevarse o [m5]sufrir un desengaño con alguien to be disappointed in sb;

¡vaya desengaño que me he llevado contigo! you've no idea how disappointed I am in you!;

llevarse o [m5]sufrir un desengaño con algo to be disappointed with sth;

nos llevamos un buen desengaño con Venecia we found Venice a real let-down

Comp

desengaño amoroso:

sufrir o [m5]tener un desengaño amoroso (con alguien) to be let down in love (by sb)

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desengaño

m disappointment

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desengaño nm

: disenchantment, disillusionment

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desengaño n disappointment