deprimido

/depɾiˈmido/ · B1 · adj

depressed

😞 de + primido = pressed down, like English depressed (Latin deprimere)

From Latin deprimere: de- (down) + premere (to press). Spanish keeps the same root as English depressed, so deprimido is literally pressed down. Like other Spanish adjectives, it changes ending: deprimido for a man, deprimida for a woman.

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