desalentar
Spanish, verb/desalenˈtaɾ/
desalentar is spelled D-E-S-A-L-E-N-T-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 43,425th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desalentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to discourage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Reducir el ánimo, el vigor, la fuerza o el entusiasmo”.
What does desalentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to discourage
- 2
to become discouraged
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Reducir el ánimo, el vigor, la fuerza o el entusiasmo. 2. Hacer difícil la respiración por el cansancio, la presión atmosférica, la enfermedad, etc.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desalentar
- desaliento first-person present singular
- desalenté first-person preterite singular
- desalentado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- desalentando gerund
- desalentada feminine participle past
- desalentados masculine participle past
- desalentadas feminine participle past
- desalientas indicative informal present
- desalentás indicative informal present
- desalienta indicative present singular
- desalentamos first-person indicative plural
- desalentáis indicative plural present
- desalientan indicative plural present
- desalentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desalentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desalentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desalentabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desalentar?
- /desalenˈtaɾ/
- [d̪e.sa.lẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [d̪esalẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desalentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desalentar in Spanish?
desalentar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).