desilusión

f.

disillusionment, disappointment, disenchantment, disillusion.

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desilusión

► nombre femenino

1 disappointment, disillusion, disillusionment

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SF

1) (=decepción) disappointment

me llevé una gran desilusión cuando lo vi — I was very disappointed when I saw him

caer en la desilusión — to get disillusioned

sufrir una desilusión — to suffer a disappointment

2) (=pérdida de ilusiones) disillusion, disillusionment

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femenino (decepción) disappointment

qué desilusión! — what a disappointment!, how disappointing!

se llevó una desilusión — she was disappointed

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= disappointment, disenchantment, disillusionment, disillusion, letdown.

Ex. On occasions, I have begun my talk by issuing a caveat emptor, a legalistic phrase which one dictionary defines as 'sentence disclaiming responsibility for buyer's disappointment'.

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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* llevarse una desilusión = be gutted, feel + gutted.

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femenino (decepción) disappointment

qué desilusión! — what a disappointment!, how disappointing!

se llevó una desilusión — she was disappointed

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= disappointment, disenchantment, disillusionment, disillusion, letdown.

Ex: On occasions, I have begun my talk by issuing a caveat emptor, a legalistic phrase which one dictionary defines as 'sentence disclaiming responsibility for buyer's disappointment'.

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.

* llevarse una desilusión = be gutted, feel + gutted.

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desilusión

feminine

1 (decepción) disappointment

¡qué desilusión! what a disappointment!, how disappointing!

se llevó una desilusión she was disappointed

fue una desilusión no verlo it was disappointing not to see him, I was/we were disappointed not to see him

2 (falta de ilusiones) disillusionment

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desilusión sustantivo femenino (decepción) disappointment;

◊ se llevó una desilusión she was disappointed

desilusión sustantivo femenino disappointment, disillusionment

'desilusión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reprimir
English:
dear
- disappointment
- rue
- disillusionment

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desilusión nf

1. [estado de ánimo] disillusionment;

caer en la desilusión to become disillusioned

2. [decepción] disappointment;

llevarse o [m5]sufrir una desilusión (con algo) to be disappointed (with sth);

¡qué desilusión! what a disappointment!

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desilusión

f disappointment;

llevarse una desilusión be disappointed

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desilusión nf, pl -siones desencanto , desengaño: disillusionment, disenchantment

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desilusión n disappointment