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dezamăgi
to disappoint /de.za.məˈdʒi/
verb#3875 most common
Also: to let down, to fail to meet someone's expectations
Example sentences
Nu vreau să te dezamăgesc.
I don't want to disappoint you.
Filmul m-a dezamăgit puțin.
The movie disappointed me a little.
Rezultatele examenului au dezamăgit mulți studenți.
The exam results disappointed many students.
Sper să nu vă dezamăgesc cu decizia mea.
I hope I won't disappoint you with my decision.
Deși actorii au jucat bine, scenariul a dezamăgit criticii.
Although the actors performed well, the script disappointed the critics.
Dacă echipa va continua să dezamăgească suporterii, antrenorul riscă să fie demis.
If the team keeps disappointing the fans, the coach risks being fired.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | dezamăgesc | dezamăgii | voi dezamăgi |
| 2sg | dezamăgești | dezamăgiși | vei dezamăgi |
| 3sg | dezamăgește | dezamăgi | va dezamăgi |
| 1pl | dezamăgim | dezamăgirăm | vom dezamăgi |
| 2pl | dezamăgiți | dezamăgirăți | veți dezamăgi |
| 3pl | dezamăgesc | dezamăgiră | vor dezamăgi |
Word family
Etymology
Dezamăgi is built from the prefix dez-, which comes from Latin dis- and marks reversal or undoing, attached to the verb amăgi, meaning to deceive or delude. The origin of amăgi itself is not settled among Romanian etymologists, so no single source root is given here. The compound literally suggests undoing an illusion, which is how it came to mean disappoint: reality strips away a false hope.
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