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desengañar — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • debunk verb To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute.
  • disappoint verb To make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.
  • disillusion verb To make someone realize that a belief they held was false, often leaving them disappointed.

Senses

desengañar is used for these senses in English:

  • debunk (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
  • disabuse (transitive) To free (someone) of a misconception or misapprehension; to unveil a falsehood held by (someone).
  • disappoint (transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
  • disillusion (transitive) To free or deprive of illusion; to disenchant.

disappoint — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.
  2. verb To fail to fulfil a plan, hope, or expectation.

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