desestimular
Spanish, verb/desestimuˈlaɾ/
desestimular is spelled D-E-S-E-S-T-I-M-U-L-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish, the 215,438th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desestimular is a Spanish verb meaning “to discourage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does desestimular mean in English?
verb
- 1
to discourage
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of desestimular
- desestimulo first-person present singular
- desestimulé first-person preterite singular
- desestimulado participle past
- desestimulando gerund
- desestimulada feminine participle past
- desestimulados masculine participle past
- desestimuladas feminine participle past
- desestimulas indicative informal present
- desestimulás indicative informal present
- desestimula indicative present singular
- desestimulamos first-person indicative plural
- desestimuláis indicative plural present
- desestimulan indicative plural present
- desestimulaba first-person imperfect indicative
- desestimulabas imperfect indicative second-person
- desestimulábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desestimulabais imperfect indicative plural
- desestimulaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desestimular?
- /desestimuˈlaɾ/
- [d̪e.ses.t̪i.muˈlaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desestimular in Spanish?
desestimular appears about once in every 36 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).