Definition of "triste" [triste]

• Sad; wistful. (adjective)

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• "Madamoiselle, who was rather charming but "triste" because so many of her friends had been killed, so "triste" that she never plays the piano now."
• "The doorway of L'Abbaye was not deserted, even at the "triste" hour of ten-thirty."
• "Beledo's World-Jazz acoustic work incorporates classic Uruguayan musical forms such as triste, milonga, chimarrita, and candombe rhythms, as well as Spanish flamenco styles."