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"Carita de desilusión"

English translation: crestfallen face


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Spanish term or phrase:\"Carita de desilusión\"
English translation:crestfallen face
Entered by: andykayros
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19:08 Oct 2, 2011
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature
Spanish term or phrase: "Carita de desilusión"
The context is the following: "Cumplía con todas las cualidades que detesto en un hombre: flaco, chiquitito, tenía cara de nena, piel colorada y era eléctrico para caminar. Sin embargo, no fui la única que puso carita de desilusión." This is a passage from the Argentinian novel "Ciega a Citas"; author: Carolina Aguirre. How would you say "carita de desilusión"...? Thanks!
andykayros
Local time: 02:21
crestfallen face
Explanation:
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bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 07:21
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2a disappointed expressioncgowar
4 +1crestfallen face
bcsantos
4 +1"...who wore a look of disappointment"
eski
4Who looked downcast/dejected
Edward Tully
4disappointment written all over her/their face
ClaraVal
4to look disappointed
Lindsay Spratt
3who looked disillusioned/became disillusionedBarbara Cochran


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
disappointment written all over her/their face


Explanation:
One option:

"...I wasn't the only one with disappointment written all over her/their face."

Choose the personal pronoun as relevant to the rest of the context. If the other person who looks disappointed is male, go with "their face".

ClaraVal
Spain
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"...who wore a look of disappointment"


Explanation:
"...who wore a look of disappointment"

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Saludos
eski :))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 00:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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agree  franglish
11 hrs
  -> Hi franglish: Thanks for your confirmation: eski :))
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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
crestfallen face


Explanation:
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Use crestfallen in a sentence | crestfallen sentence examples
sentence.yourdictionary.com › Sentence ExamplesI figure to myself he ought to be better, he looks rather crestfallen about the low notes still warbling. Crestfallen face of ronnie massarella summed up the whole ...

Oh...just look at his crestfallen little face - Digg
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Oh...just look at his crestfallen little face - Digg
digg.com/news/story/Oh_just_look_at_his_crestfallen_little_faceOh...just look at his crestfallen little face · apina.nwpshost.com. 89; Save; Bury. 253 Comments. Who Dugg This? Comments. Oldest First; Newest First; Most

bcsantos
Gibraltar
Local time: 07:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales: Exactly what first occurred to me...
14 hrs
  -> Thank you :)
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
who looked disillusioned/became disillusioned


Explanation:
HTH

Barbara Cochran
Local time: 01:21
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54 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
a disappointed expression


Explanation:
I was, however, not the only one with a disappointed expression.

http://www.canstockphoto.com/disappointed-expression-2710838...
"A handsome man with a disappointed expression in front of a white background".

I would translate "cara de" as "expression".

cgowar
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agree  Claudia Luque Bedregal
18 mins
  -> ¡Gracias Claudia!

agree  lorenab23: yes
7 hrs
  -> ¡Gracias Lorena!
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Who looked downcast/dejected


Explanation:
Another option - "I wasn't the only one who looked downcast/dejected".

Edward Tully
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
to look disappointed


Explanation:
"However, I wasn't the only one to look disappointed'.

Nice and direct.

Lindsay Spratt
Local time: 02:21
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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