# decepcionar
## Galician
### Etymology

From decepción +‎ -ar.

### Verb

decepcionar (first-person singular present decepciono, first-person singular preterite decepcionei, past participle decepcionado)
* (transitive) to disappoint

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* “decepcionar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* dececionar (Portugal)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /de.se.pi.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [de.se.pi.sjoˈna(h)], /de.sep.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [de.sep.sjoˈna(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /de.se.pi.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [de.se.pi.sjoˈna(h)], /de.sep.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈna(h)], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [de.sep.sjoˈna(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /de.se.pi.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈna(ɾ)/, /de.sep.si.oˈna(ɾ)/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈna(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈna(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /de.se.pi.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [de.se.pi.sjoˈna(χ)], /de.sep.si.oˈna(ʁ)/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈna(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈna(ʁ)/ [de.sep.sjoˈna(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /de.sep.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [de.sep.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.sep.sjoˈna(ɻ)/, /de.se.pi.si.oˈna(ɻ)/ [de.se.pi.sɪ.oˈna(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /de.se.pi.sjoˈna(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.sɛ.psjuˈnaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.sɛ.psjuˈnaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨ.sɛ.psjuˈna.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: de‧cep‧ci‧o‧nar

### Verb

decepcionar (first-person singular present decepciono, first-person singular preterite decepcionei, past participle decepcionado) (Brazilian Portuguese spelling, superseded in European Portuguese)
* to disappoint; to let down
    Synonym: desapontar
** 2014, Fábio, Até parece que foi sonho - Meus trinta anos de amizade com Tim Maia, Matrix Editora, →ISBN, page 38:“Fabiano, eu sou formado em ‘cornologia, sofrência e cirurgia capilar’”, dizia-me, quando se decepcionava com uma mulher.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From decepción +‎ -ar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /deθebθjoˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.θeβ̞.θjoˈnaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America, Philippines) /desebsjoˈnaɾ/ [d̪e.seβ̞.sjoˈnaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: de‧cep‧cio‧nar

### Verb

decepcionar (first-person singular present decepciono, first-person singular preterite decepcioné, past participle decepcionado)
* (transitive) to disappoint, to let down, to underwhelm
    Synonym: desilusionar

#### Usage notes

* Decepcionar is a false friend, and does not mean "to deceive". The word for "to deceive" in Spanish is engañar.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* decepción f
* decepcionante

### Further reading

* “decepcionar”, 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