cariacontecido

Spanish

Etymology

From cara +‎ acontecido.

Pronunciation

• 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

cariacontecido (feminine cariacontecida, masculine plural cariacontecidos, feminine plural cariacontecidas)

1. 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

• “cariacontecido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10