Anonadado is an adjective derived from the verb anonadar: disconcert, surprise or overwhelm. This action can also refer, according to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), to minimize, subjugate or humiliate.
For example: “When you opened the package, the boy was stunned”, “Have you heard what happened to Jorge? I am stunned, I still cannot believe it ”, “ I was stunned by the beauty of the landscape ”.
The concept of stunned, thus, is usually associated with a state of shock or perplexity. Generally, a person is stunned when they observe or discover something that they did not anticipate or did not expect. Let’s take the case of a woman who leaves her job and, when passing by a bar, sees her boyfriend kissing another man. Because she was unaware that her partner was cheating on her and also did not know of her romantic interest in people of the same sex, the scene stuns the woman.
In the same way, we can emphasize that this word is synonymous with others such as surprised, astonished, astonished, stupefied, hallucinated, stupefied …
In sporting events, the public is often stunned by surprising plays. If a footballer picks up the ball in the area defended by his team, starts running towards the opponent’s goal, evades six opponents and scores a goal, the spectators will be stunned by the athlete’s ability.
In this case, we can say that there are already many soccer players who have stunned the public with their plays, whose images are already part of the history of the world of sports. Thus, among those soccer players we can highlight both Leo Messi and Romario, Ronaldinho, Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Jr and even Luis Suárez, among others.
We can also indicate that the public is stunned by the magic tricks a magician performs in any show. And it is that the professional of magic achieves in front of his eyes from making a person disappear to discovering a hidden card by cutting an individual in two.
And this without forgetting that contemporary art is also capable of leaving us stunned by its originality, what its works represent, the spectacularity of its colors, the sizes that some works can reach…
As you can see, being stunned can be a consequence of something negative (the woman who discovers that her boyfriend is cheating on her) or positive (the public amazed at the talent of a soccer player). The state usually extends a few seconds or minutes, although the individual can continue without leaving his amazement despite the passage of time.
In recent months the stunned adjective has been used a lot to refer to how the actor Alec Baldwin is with respect to a humorous interpretation he has made on television. It has exactly shaped an imitation of the current President of the United States, Donald Trump, who has had great success. Hence, it has been stated that he is stunned because he did not expect the avalanche of good reviews he has received.
