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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesdesconcertar
Pronunciation / Transliteration: des-kon-ser-tar
"Nada parece desconcertarle."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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To disturb, disconcert, or unsettle someone; to cause someone to lose their composure.
"Despite the harsh criticism, the experienced politician was not easily fazed."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English word 'fēsian', meaning to drive away or put to flight. Over centuries, the term evolved through regional dialects to mean harass or perturb, eventually standardizing in American English during the late 19th century to denote unsettling or disconcerting someone.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Faze" is said worldwide
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scomporre
Transliteration: skom-por-re
"Nulla sembra scomporlo."
déconcerter
Transliteration: de-kon-ser-tay
"Rien ne semble le déconcerter."
aus der Ruhe bringen
Transliteration: aus der Ru-he brin-gen
"Er lässt sich durch nichts aus der Ruhe bringen."
desconcertar
Transliteration: des-kon-ser-tar
"Nada parece desconcertarle."
abalar
Transliteration: a-ba-lar
"Nada parece abalá-lo."
घबराना
Transliteration: ghabrana
"वह किसी भी चीज़ से नहीं घबराता।"
使惊慌
Transliteration: shǐ jīnghuāng
"什么都不能使他惊慌。"
당황하게 하다
Transliteration: dang-hwang-ha-ge ha-da
"그는 어떤 일에도 당황하지 않는다."
동요시키다
Transliteration: dōyō-saseru
Script: 動揺させる
"彼はどんなことでも動揺しない。"
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