desaliento
Spanish, noun[d̪esaˈljẽn̪t̪o]
desaliento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “dejection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of desalentar. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de desalentarse”.
What does desaliento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedejection
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desalentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de desalentarse. 2. Descaecimiento del ánimo, falta de vigor, entusiasmo o esfuerzo.
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 desaliento
- desalientos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desaliento?
- [d̪esaˈljẽn̪t̪o]
- [d̪esaliˈẽn̪t̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desaliento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desaliento in Spanish?
desaliento appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).