desacreditar

desacreditar
v.
to discredit.
Ella desacredita a Ricardo She discredits Richard.
Ella desacreditó a su amiga She discredited=debunked her friend.
El político desacreditó al oponente The politician discredited his opponent
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desacreditar
► verbo transitivo
1 to discredit, bring discredit on, bring into discredit
■ tal comportamiento lo desacredita such behaviour brings discredit on him
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verb
to discredit
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1.
VT [+ político, gobierno] to discredit
2.
See:
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1.
verbo transitivo
a) <persona> to discredit; <buen nombre/institución> to discredit, bring ... into disrepute
b) <teoría> to discredit
2.
desacreditarse v pron (refl) to discredit oneself, damage one's reputation
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= discredit, denigrate, debunk, bring + Nombre + into disrepute, disgrace, taint.
Ex. Such circulation may contribute little to the creation of whole personalities but it may do much to discredit the circulators.
Ex. This is not to denigrate such writing, much of which is extremely valuable.
Ex. Process reengineering is in the debunking phase of its life cycle - an evolutionary pattern in which management ideas and techniques are first presented as panaceas for business success and subsequently debunked as worthless.
Ex. This article considers the danger that inherent bias in such research might bring library and information science research into disrepute.
Ex. The League of Nations was a comically ham-handed debacle which collapsed in complete failure, disgracing all who were associated with it.
Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
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* desacreditarse = come into + disrepute, fall into + disrepute.
* desacreditar un mito = debunk + a myth.
* estar desacreditado = hold in + disrepute.
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1.
verbo transitivo
a) <persona> to discredit; <buen nombre/institución> to discredit, bring ... into disrepute
b) <teoría> to discredit
2.
desacreditarse v pron (refl) to discredit oneself, damage one's reputation
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= discredit, denigrate, debunk, bring + Nombre + into disrepute, disgrace, taint.

Ex: Such circulation may contribute little to the creation of whole personalities but it may do much to discredit the circulators.

Ex: This is not to denigrate such writing, much of which is extremely valuable.
Ex: Process reengineering is in the debunking phase of its life cycle - an evolutionary pattern in which management ideas and techniques are first presented as panaceas for business success and subsequently debunked as worthless.
Ex: This article considers the danger that inherent bias in such research might bring library and information science research into disrepute.
Ex: The League of Nations was a comically ham-handed debacle which collapsed in complete failure, disgracing all who were associated with it.
Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.
* desacreditarse = come into + disrepute, fall into + disrepute.
* desacreditar un mito = debunk + a myth.
* estar desacreditado = hold in + disrepute.

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desacreditar [A1 ]
vt
esos rumores lo han desacreditado mucho those rumors have done his reputation a great deal of harm o have seriously damaged his reputation
la oposición intentó desacreditarlo the opposition tried to discredit him
■ desacreditarse
v pron
(refl) to discredit oneself, damage one's reputation
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desacreditar (conjugate desacreditar) verbo transitivo
to discredit
desacreditarse verbo pronominal (refl) to discredit oneself, damage one's reputation
desacreditar verbo transitivo (desprestigiar) to discredit, bring into discredit
'desacreditar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
descalificar
English:
discredit
- disgrace
- disparage
- debunk
- disrepute
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desacreditar
♦ vt
to discredit;
hubo una campaña para desacreditarla there was a campaign to discredit her;
este nuevo fracaso lo desacredita como político this latest failure has destroyed his credibility as a politician;
su actuación ha desacreditado al partido his behaviour has brought the party into disrepute
♦ See also the pronominal verb desacreditarse
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desacreditar
v/t discredit
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desacreditar vt
desprestigiar: to discredit, to disgrace

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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