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desencanto — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • disappointment noun The feeling of sadness or letdown when something doesn't meet expectations.
  • disillusion verb To make someone realize that a belief they held was false, often leaving them disappointed.

Senses

desencanto is used for these senses in English:

  • disappointment (countable) An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
  • disillusion (countable) The act or process of disenchanting or freeing from a false belief or illusion.

disappointment — full definition

  1. noun The feeling of sadness or letdown when something doesn't meet expectations.
  2. noun Something or someone that fails to meet expectations.

disillusion — full definition

  1. verb To make someone realize that a belief they held was false, often leaving them disappointed.
  2. noun The state of having lost a false belief, often leading to disappointment.

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