dismay

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˌdɪsˈmeɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪsˈmeɪ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(dis mā)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
dismay n (sudden discouragement)consternación nf
  desaliento nm
 Harriet's dismay when she realised her mistake was evident.
 La consternación de Harriet cuando se dio cuenta de su error era evidente.
dismay [sb] vtr (sadden, upset)consternar a vtr + prep
 Luke's grades dismayed his parents.
 Las notas de Luke consternaron a sus padres.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
in dismay,
with dismay
adv
(with sadness, upset)con consternación loc adv
to [sb]'s dismay adv (causing [sb] sadness, upset)para angustia de loc adv
to [sb]'s dismay para angustia de loc adv
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'dismay' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
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Spanish:

Collocations: [sheer, evident, pure, great, total, complete] dismay, showed [sheer] dismay at [how, how little, what, why], caused dismay among the [public, audience, fans, students], more...

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