Practice FrenchC1noun
la déconvenue
setback, disappointment after dashed hopes
A feminine noun — la in the singular, les in the plural.
« Cette défaite au premier tour fut une sérieuse déconvenue pour le parti. »
“That first-round defeat was a serious setback for the party.”
In other languages
- Spanish revés, chasco tras una expectativa frustrada
- Portuguese revés, decepção após uma expectativa frustrada
- Arabic نكسة، خيبة أمل بعد ترقب
- German Rückschlag, Enttäuschung nach hohen Erwartungen
- Italian smacco, delusione dopo un’attesa frustrata
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