desalentar
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From des- + alentar (“to encourage”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]desalentar (first-person singular present desalento, first-person singular preterite desalentei, past participle desalentado)
- (transitive) to discourage; to dishearten (to make someone lose their enthusiasm)
- Synonyms: desencorajar, desanimar, esmorecer
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of desalentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]desalentar (first-person singular present desaliento, first-person singular preterite desalenté, past participle desalentado)
- (transitive) to discourage
- Antonym: alentar
- (reflexive) to become discouraged
- Antonym: alentarse
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of desalentar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of desalentar (e-ie alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
[edit]- “desalentar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
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