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🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

descolorido

Pronunciation / Transliteration: des-koh-lo-ree-doh

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Faded/ˈfeɪ.dɪd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2100 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La foto descolorida le recordaba tiempos más felices."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having lost brightness, color, or freshness.

    "The faded photograph reminded her of happier times."
  2. 2

    Diminished in strength or intensity.

    "His enthusiasm for the project had faded over the months."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb fade, originating from Middle English faden, from Old French fader, ultimately tracing back to the Late Latin fatuus meaning 'insipid' or 'foolish' before shifting in Germanic languages to mean losing color or strength.

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