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Learn Spanish with don Quijote: Palabra del Dia

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Word: Desolado
(de-so-LA-do) Adjetivo
English: desolated, devastated
Etymology: De desolar, Del lat. desolāre
Meaning: 1. adj. Triste, inhóspito, desierto.
Topic:Sentimientos II
Example:

Soñé que no me querías….El corazón desolado, solo, triste y angustiado me reprochaba tu olvido. ¿Y qué iba a decirle yo? No me salían palabras sólo lágrimas amargas que en la tierra se perdían.

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