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desanimarse

Spanish, verb[d̪esaniˈmaɾse]

desanimarse is spelled D-E-S-A-N-I-M-A-R-S-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 77,962nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desanimarse is a Spanish verb meaning “infinitive of desanimar combined with se” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Perder o ver reducidos el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar…”.

What does desanimarse mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    infinitive of desanimar combined with se

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Perder o ver reducidos el ánimo, el entusiasmo, las ganas o la motivación para hacer, emprender o enfrentar algo. Sentir desánimo o desgano.

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 desanimarse

  • haberse desanimado impersonal infinitive
  • desanimándose impersonal gerund
  • habiéndose desanimado impersonal gerund
  • desanimado impersonal participle
  • me desanimo first-person singular indicative
  • te desanimas second-person singular indicative
  • te desanimás second-person singular vos-form
  • se desanima third-person singular indicative
  • nos desanimamos first-person plural indicative
  • os desanimáis second-person plural indicative
  • se desaniman third-person plural indicative
  • me desanimaba first-person singular indicative
  • te desanimabas second-person singular indicative
  • se desanimaba third-person singular indicative
  • nos desanimábamos first-person plural indicative
  • os desanimabais second-person plural indicative
  • se desanimaban third-person plural indicative
  • me desanimé first-person singular indicative

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce desanimarse?

  • [d̪esaniˈmaɾse]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to desanimarse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is desanimarse in Spanish?

desanimarse appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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