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Phrase · 🌸 Euphemism and tactful language

No fue precisamente un éxito.

It wasn't exactly a success.

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Noadverbnot, nofueverbwasser · past · 3rd sing.precisamente1adverbprecisely, exactlyundeterminera, anuno · masc. · sing. · indefiniteéxito2nounsuccessmasc. · sing..
  • No → precisamente: no … precisamente

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The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    no … precisamente = not exactly: an ironic understatement.
  2. 2
    éxito = success (not "exit", which is salida).