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]

Originally Posted by 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?

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...lpepuvia_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]

Originally Posted by 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...lpepuvia_1/Tes

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

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acojonante / acojonado

[chileno]

Originally Posted by 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...lpepuvia_1/Tes

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

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

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

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acojonante / acojonado

Irmamar!

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

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by chileno

Irmamar!

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

Oh, I'm so sorry! But I hid it

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Oh, I'm so sorry! But I hid it

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

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by chileno

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

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/SrvltCons...EMA=acojonante See the second definition of the verb acojonar (disculpe) 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]

Originally Posted by 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/SrvltCons...EMA=acojonante See the second definition of the verb acojonar (disculpe) 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"

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by chileno

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

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]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

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.

Thank you Sir.

[Elaina]

Originally Posted by chileno

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"

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 ()

Gracias

[chileno]

Originally Posted by Elaina

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 ()

Gracias

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

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

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?

[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