desmoralizar
Portuguese, verb/dez.mo.ɾa.liˈza(ʁ)/
desmoralizar is spelled D-E-S-M-O-R-A-L-I-Z-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,632nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desmoralizar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to demoralize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “humilhar; fazer perder a moral (reputação)”.
What does desmoralizar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to demoralize
- 2
to corrupt, pervert
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. humilhar; fazer perder a moral (reputação) 2. tornar(-se) imoral 3. fazer perder a força de vontade, o ânimo; desencorajar(-se)
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desmoralizar
- desmoralizo first-person present singular
- desmoralizei first-person preterite singular
- desmoralizado participle past
- desmoralizares infinitive second-person singular
- desmoralizarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desmoralizardes infinitive plural second-person
- desmoralizarem infinitive plural third-person
- desmoralizando gerund
- desmoralizados masculine participle past
- desmoralizada feminine participle past
- desmoralizadas feminine participle past
- desmoralizas indicative present second-person
- desmoraliza indicative present singular
- desmoralizamos first-person indicative plural
- desmoralizais indicative plural present
- desmoralizam indicative plural present
- desmoralizava first-person imperfect indicative
- desmoralizavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desmoralizar?
- Brazil /dez.mo.ɾa.liˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [dez.mo.ɾa.liˈza(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒiz.mo.ɾa.liˈza(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is desmoralizar in Portuguese?
desmoralizar appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).