desmerecer
Spanish, verb/desmeɾeˈθeɾ/
desmerecer is spelled D-E-S-M-E-R-E-C-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 56,859th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmerecer is a Spanish verb meaning “to criticize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer poco digno o merecedor de aprecio, reconocimiento, o premio; no valer o merecer algo”.
What does desmerecer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to criticize
- 2
to belittle; to play down; to downplay
sin querer desmerecer su importancia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer poco digno o merecedor de aprecio, reconocimiento, o premio; no valer o merecer algo.
verb: 1. Disminuir en valor, mérito o estimación. 2. Ser una cosa inferior a otra con la cual se compara.
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 desmerecer
- desmerezco first-person present singular
- desmerecí first-person preterite singular
- desmerecido participle past
- c-zc alternation
- desmereciendo gerund
- desmerecida feminine participle past
- desmerecidos masculine participle past
- desmerecidas feminine participle past
- desmereces indicative informal present
- desmerecés indicative informal present
- desmerece indicative present singular
- desmerecemos first-person indicative plural
- desmerecéis indicative plural present
- desmerecen indicative plural present
- desmerecía first-person imperfect indicative
- desmerecías imperfect indicative second-person
- desmerecíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- desmerecíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmerecer?
- /desmeɾeˈθeɾ/
- [d̪ez.me.ɾeˈθeɾ]
- /desmeɾeˈseɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desmerecer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desmerecer in Spanish?
desmerecer 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).