decepción

f.

1 disappointment, let-down, letdown, disillusion.

2 deception, imposture.

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decepción

► nombre femenino

1 disappointment, disenchantment

■ se llevó una gran decepción she was terribly disappointed

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noun f.

disappointment

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SF disappointment

llevarse o sufrir una decepción — to be disappointed

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femenino disappointment, letdown (colloq)

me llevé una gran decepción — I was very disappointed

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= disappointment, disillusionment, disillusion, flake out, bubble burst, 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. 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 show was a real flake out.

Ex. Information technology tycoons have made a surprising rebound from the technology bubble burst to top this year's China rich people list.

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

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femenino disappointment, letdown (colloq)

me llevé una gran decepción — I was very disappointed

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= disappointment, disillusionment, disillusion, flake out, bubble burst, 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: 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 show was a real flake out.

Ex: Information technology tycoons have made a surprising rebound from the technology bubble burst to top this year's China rich people list.

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

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decepción

feminine

disappointment, letdown (colloq)

la exposición resultó una verdadera decepción the exhibition was a real disappointment o letdown

ha sufrido muchas decepciones en la vida she has suffered o had many disappointments in her life

me llevé una gran decepción I was very disappointed, it was a terrible disappointment

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decepción sustantivo femenino
disappointment, letdown (colloq);

◊ me llevé una gran decepción I was very disappointed

decepción sustantivo femenino disappointment

'decepción' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
decir
- palo
- profunda
- profundo
- chasco
- desilusión
- llevar
English:
anticlimax
- disappointment
- duplicity
- letdown
- let

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decepción nf

disappointment;

llevarse una decepción to be disappointed, to suffer a disappointment;

me llevé una gran decepción al oír la noticia I was really disappointed when I heard the news;

su nueva película ha sido una decepción her new movie is disappointing o a disappointment

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decepción

f disappointment

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decepción nf, pl -ciones : disappointment, letdown

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decepción n disappointment

llevarse una decepción to be disappointed