Polyglot Dictionary

desazón

/desaˈson/

la noun C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
desazones

Meaning

  1. unease

    • Sintió desazón.

      He felt uneasy.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

mal-être

desazón is a feeling of unease or restlessness, often specific and situational -- anxiety about something in particular; French mal-être is a more general, pervasive sense of ill-being or malaise, often existential or chronic.

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