Acongojante

[poli]

I always thought the word congoja meant deep sadness. When I saw the word acongojante I thought it meant something that would provoke sadness, but the context of the sentence indicated that it may also mean
awe-inspiring or awesome (a word that is overused in current American English). No Spanish dictionary I looked at indicated that it may mean awe-inspiring.
Is acongojante often used to mean stupendous?

[CrOtALiTo]

What does deep shadness mean?

I want to have the translation apart to shadness.

I appreciate your help.

[chileno]

I always thought the word congoja meant deep sadness. When I saw the word acongojante I thought it meant something that would provoke sadness, but the context of the sentence indicated that it may also mean
awe-inspiring or awesome (a word that is overused in current American English). No Spanish dictionary I looked at indicated that it may mean awe-inspiring.
Is acongojante often used to mean stupendous?

No, it never means stupendous as in awesome. Your first conjectures were correct.

[poli]

I agree with you Hernan, but here is where I found this unusual (at least for me) use of acongojante. It's under the paragraph that suggests looking out the ventanilla del avion.
Now I suspect that the use of this word in this manner in specific to Spain.
http://elviajero.elpais.com/articulo/viajero/Mexico/DF/ciudad/inagotable/elppor/20080917elpepuvia_1/Tes

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

"Congoja", as you said right, can mean deep sadness, but also anguish; so "acongojante" means something that causes anguish and nervousness.

Very suitable for Mexico City, which despite how fascinating it can be, it has a lot to make you nervous about, mostly if you see the size of it from the airplane window. :)

[irmamar]

I agree with you Hernan, but here is where I found this unusual (at least for me) use of acongojante. It's under the paragraph that suggests looking out the ventanilla del avion.
Now I suspect that the use of this word in this manner in specific to Spain.
http://elviajero.elpais.com/articulo/viajero/Mexico/DF/ciudad/inagotable/elppor/20080917elpepuvia_1/Tes

Yes, in Spain we use "acongojante" and "acongojado" as an euphemism of

acojonante / acojonado

:D

[chileno]

I agree with you Hernan, but here is where I found this unusual (at least for me) use of acongojante. It's under the paragraph that suggests looking out the ventanilla del avion.
Now I suspect that the use of this word in this manner in specific to Spain.
http://elviajero.elpais.com/articulo/viajero/Mexico/DF/ciudad/inagotable/elppor/20080917elpepuvia_1/Tes

The article makes reference to the city being in that anguishing or pityful or sorry state. :(

[chileno]

Yes, in Spain we use "acongojante" and "acongojado" as an euphemism of

acojonante / acojonado

:D

Irmamar! :eek:

I hesitated to post that in public, but that was my first thought. :D :lol::lol:

[irmamar]

Irmamar! :eek:

I hesitated to post that in public, but that was my first thought. :D :lol::lol:

Oh, I'm so sorry!:o But I hid it ;)

[chileno]

Oh, I'm so sorry!:o But I hid it ;)

I guess David would've said something by now, so it must be ok. :D

[irmamar]

I guess David would've said something by now, so it must be ok. :D

In Spain, generally, we're a bit foul-mouthed (I mean "malhablados"), so, foreign people who come to Spain learn the bad words immediately. I know English speakers aren't so foul-mouthed as we are. I don't know about Latin American people.

Well, David, if you think that this word is too hard, you can delete it. I beg your pardon, but I hadn't another word to say the same.

[poli]

I checked RAE. I was right afterall. Of course DF is somewhat fearsome (that horrible traffic and bad poverty zones) but that wasn't what the
article was trying to convey.
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?LEMA=acojonante See the second definition of the verb acojonar (disculpe:o:rolleyes:) in the royal dictionary. They meant impressive.

[irmamar]

I think that "las palabrotas" (bad words) came into the dictionary thanks to Camilo José Cela, Nobel Prize and Language Academic. He was known because he used a lot of "palabrotas". :)

[chileno]

I checked RAE. I was right afterall. Of course DF is somewhat fearsome (that horrible traffic and bad poverty zones) but that wasn't what the
article was trying to convey.
http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltConsulta?LEMA=acojonante See the second definition of the verb acojonar (disculpe:o:rolleyes:) in the royal dictionary. They meant impressive.

Right, it leaves speechless, mas o menos como con miedo, te quedái pa'dentro. etc... :)

Que te acobarda o sea que te acojona.


Lo del articulo en el pais se trataba de congoja, pena, tristeza, "depre" :D

[Tomisimo]

I guess David would've said something by now, so it must be ok. :D
It's ok to discuss "bad" words for language-learning purposes and to understand what they mean. It is not appropriate to use foul language on these forums. So in this case, everything is fine.

[chileno]

It's ok to discuss "bad" words for language-learning purposes and to understand what they mean. It is not appropriate to use foul language on these forums. So in this case, everything is fine.

:D

Thank you Sir.

[Elaina]

Right, it leaves speechless, mas o menos como con miedo, te quedái pa'dentro. etc... :)

Que te acobarda o sea que te acojona.


Lo del articulo en el pais se trataba de congoja, pena, tristeza, "depre" :D


Creo que sé el significado de "acongoja" y estoy de acuerdo con todo lo que se ha dicho al respecto PERO me pueden decir el significado de la frase.... te quedái pa'dentro (:?::confused::thinking:)

Gracias :o

[chileno]

Creo que sé el significado de "acongoja" y estoy de acuerdo con todo lo que se ha dicho al respecto PERO me pueden decir el significado de la frase.... te quedái pa'dentro (:?::confused::thinking:)

Gracias :o

Just chilean talk. Meaning you are in awe. :) Bad Spanish.

[Jessica]

What does deep shadness mean?

I want to have the translation apart to shadness.

I appreciate your help.


sadness, not shadness :)

sad = triste

and sadness is acongojante? :thinking:

[hermit]

hi chileno - hace mucho tiempo que hablaba con un amigo mio de chile - esta muy bien escuchar lo chileno.

es que en aquel entonces empezaba mis estudios en espanol; al oir, muy rico el espanol de ese huaso. hermit