desánimo
Spanish, noun
desánimo is spelled D-E-S-Á-N-I-M-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 41,788th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desánimo is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “despondency, dejection, discouragement” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, desanimo is a different word: “first-person singular present indicative of desanimar”. With an accent, desanimó is a different word: “third-person singular preterite indicative of desanimar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de desanimar o de desanimarse; falta de ánimo, entusiasmo, ganas o voluntad para hacer o…”.
What does desánimo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedespondency, dejection, discouragement
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of desanimar
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of desanimar
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 desanimar o de desanimarse; falta de ánimo, entusiasmo, ganas o voluntad para hacer o enfrentar algo.
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 desánimo
- desánimos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to desánimo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desánimo in Spanish?
desánimo 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).