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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

desagrado

Pronunciation / Transliteration: deh-sah-gra-do

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Displeasure/dɪsˈplɛʒ.ər/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"Su desagrado era evidente."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A feeling of dissatisfaction or annoyance.

    "Her displeasure was evident when she received the news."
  2. 2

    The state of being displeased.

    "He expressed his displeasure at the poor service."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, formed by combining the prefix 'dis-' (denoting negation or reversal) with 'pleasure', which traces back to Old French 'plaisir' and ultimately Latin 'placere' (to please). The term emerged in the 14th century to denote a feeling of annoyance, dissatisfaction, or slight anger resulting from an unsatisfactory situation.

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