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Great name :) For those unaware, "desbordante" means overflowing in French (and Spanish). In French, you can pronounce it as "d'eh-boar-daunt". I don't speak S
by jszymborski 3y ago
Great name :)
For those unaware, "desbordante" means overflowing in French (and Spanish). In French, you can pronounce it as "d'eh-boar-daunt". I don't speak Spanish but I think you add an "ay" to the end of it.
- fasteo 3y agoAt least in Spanish the literal meaning is as you said - overflowing, but it comes with the "feeling" of exultant, joyful. For example, "El entusiasmo del público fue desbordante" would translate to "The enthusiasm of the public was overwhelming"
- BrandoElFollito 3y agoDesbordante is not a French word. If you remove the s you get debordante which is still not French but adding an é makes débordante - yay, a French word :) Débordante is a feminine adjective and indeed means "that is overflowing", often metaphorically.
- jszymborski 3y agoMy mistake, I checked larousse but my eye glossed over the "s" evidently.
- BrandoElFollito 3y agoKudos to you for reaching to one of the best sources! Interestingly enough, the construction "es" used to be present in older French (until ca. XVIII century) and then it transformed into "é". There are more of such transformations where a vowel + "s" changed into something else. A well-known one is os->ô like in hospital->hôpital (and the "os" is still visible in "hospitalité")
- alanvillalobos 3y agoPlease don’t use “ay” as the sound in Spanish for e. Instead, think the e sound in “met”.
- peoplefromibiza 3y ago> desbordante as the saying goes: remove the "s" to get the Italian word -> debordante.