desencanto

See also: desencantó

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈkɐ̃.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈkɐ̃.tu/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈkɐ̃.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈkɐ̃.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈkɐ̃.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈkɐ̃.tu/, (careful pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zẽˈkɐ̃.tu/, (natural pronunciation) /d͡ʒi.zĩˈkɐ̃.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /de.zẽˈkɐ̃.to/, (natural pronunciation) /de.zĩˈkɐ̃.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zẽˈkɐ̃.tu/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃tu
• Hyphenation: de‧sen‧can‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desencantar.

Noun

desencanto m (plural desencantos)

1. disillusion
2. disenchantment

Alternative forms

• desencantamento

Etymology 2

Verb

desencanto

1. first-person singular present indicative of desencantar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desenˈkanto/ [d̪e.sẽŋˈkãn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -anto
• Syllabification: de‧sen‧can‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desencantar.

Noun

desencanto m (plural desencantos)

1. disillusion
2. disenchantment

Etymology 2

Verb

desencanto

1. first-person singular present indicative of desencantar

Further reading

• “desencanto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16