cariacontecido
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cara + acontecido.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Spain) /kaɾjakonteˈθido/ [ka.ɾja.kõn̪.t̪eˈθi.ð̞o]
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kaɾjakonteˈsido/ [ka.ɾja.kõn̪.t̪eˈsi.ð̞o]
- Rhymes: -ido
- Syllabification: ca‧ria‧con‧te‧ci‧do
Adjective
[edit]cariacontecido (feminine cariacontecida, masculine plural cariacontecidos, feminine plural cariacontecidas)
- crestfallen, disappointed, down in the mouth
- 2015 October 31, “Opinión”, in El País[1]:
- Marta aparece más cariacontecida, siempre es más duro para una madre ver que tus problemas, o imputaciones, arrastran a la prole.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]- “cariacontecido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28