manque

A French loanword used to describe someone who has failed to achieve a particular status or ambition, often placed after the noun (e.g., 'an artist manqué').

• 🇪🇸Préstamo del francés que se usa para describir a una persona que no ha logrado alcanzar cierto estatus o ambición, o algo que no llegó a ser plenamente; suele colocarse tras el sustantivo, como en «artista manqué» (artista frustrado o fracasado).

1. Unfulfilled or frustrated C2 formal british

   Describes a person who has not achieved a particular ambition or role, often used after a noun.

   • He was an artist manqué, always dreaming of painting but never picking up a brush.
   • She felt like a writer manqué, with many ideas but no published works.
   • The actor manqué spent his days working in a theater box office.

   🇪🇸frustrado

   Sinónimos: frustratedunfulfilledwould-be

   Antónimos: fulfilledsatisfiedsuccessful