descompuesto
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editdescompuesto (feminine descompuesta, masculine plural descompuestos, feminine plural descompuestas)
- broken down, out of order
- Synonym: averiado
- rotten, decayed
- Synonyms: echado a perder, podrido, putrefacto
- rude, impolite
- misbehaved (of someone who formerly was more behaved)
- showing one’s age, seen better days, worse for the wear (said of someone whose face or body has become less attractive with age)
Usage notes
edit- sometimes the word "broken", when means "broken down", is mistranslated to Spanish as "roto", instead as "descompuesto"
Derived terms
editParticiple
editdescompuesto (feminine descompuesta, masculine plural descompuestos, feminine plural descompuestas)
Further reading
edit- “descompuesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014