desanimar

desanimar
v.
to discourage.
El fracaso desalienta a los chicos Failure discourages the kids.
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desanimar
► verbo transitivo
1 to discourage, dishearten
► verbo pronominal desanimarse
1 to be discouraged, be disheartened, lose heart
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verb
to discourage
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1. VT
1) (=desalentar) to discourage
2) (=deprimir) to depress, sadden
2.
See:
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1.
verbo transitivo to discourage
2.
desanimarse v pron to become disheartened o discouraged
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= discourage, dissuade, frighten off, put + Nombre + off, put off, kill + the momentum, dampen, dispirit, lay + Nombre + low, dampen + Posesivo + spirits.
Ex. Several pages of entries under one keyword are discouraging to say the least.
Ex. Indeed, does the very design of our curricula dissuade the best, the brightest and the most creative from even considering entering our programs?.
Ex. Then something compelled her to blurt out: 'Are you interested in the job?' 'We haven't frightened you off, have we?' ejaculated another, with a nervous laugh.
Ex. Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.
Ex. Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
Ex. Papers by Lin and coleagues advocate post-processing of downloaded bibliographic text in a way that does not kill the momentum for futher searching.
Ex. Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.
Ex. Adverse fortune may attend us, but it shall never dispirit us.
Ex. She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.
Ex. Despite being physically challenged, the harsh realities of life have failed to dampen her spirits.
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* desanimarse = lose + heart.
* no desanimarse = keep + Posesivo + chin up.
* sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.
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1.
verbo transitivo to discourage
2.
desanimarse v pron to become disheartened o discouraged
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= discourage, dissuade, frighten off, put + Nombre + off, put off, kill + the momentum, dampen, dispirit, lay + Nombre + low, dampen + Posesivo + spirits.

Ex: Several pages of entries under one keyword are discouraging to say the least.

Ex: Indeed, does the very design of our curricula dissuade the best, the brightest and the most creative from even considering entering our programs?.
Ex: Then something compelled her to blurt out: 'Are you interested in the job?' 'We haven't frightened you off, have we?' ejaculated another, with a nervous laugh.
Ex: Defoe's eighteenth century style full of tedious moralizing and philosophical musings, and not exactly well-stocked with dramatic excitements to relieve the steady pace, seemed not at all to put him off.
Ex: Whatever the situation, prepared for or unexpected, it is always too easy to overplay one's hand, praising a book so extravagantly, so effusively, that many children are put off.
Ex: Papers by Lin and coleagues advocate post-processing of downloaded bibliographic text in a way that does not kill the momentum for futher searching.
Ex: Ten years ago ambition abounded; now risk-taking is out of style and vanguardism has been dampened by a pervasive enthusiasm for the past.
Ex: Adverse fortune may attend us, but it shall never dispirit us.
Ex: She suffered frequent flare-ups of widespread inflammation that would lay her low for days on end.
Ex: Despite being physically challenged, the harsh realities of life have failed to dampen her spirits.
* desanimarse = lose + heart.
* no desanimarse = keep + Posesivo + chin up.
* sin dejarse desanimar = undaunted.

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desanimar [A1 ]
vt
to discourage
lo que me han contado me ha desanimado totalmente what they've told me has totally discouraged me
■ desanimarse
v pron
to become disheartened o discouraged
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desanimar (conjugate desanimar) verbo transitivo
to discourage
desanimarse verbo pronominal
to become disheartened o discouraged
desanimar verbo transitivo to discourage, dishearten
'desanimar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desinflar
English:
discourage
- dishearten
- undeterred
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desanimar
♦ vt
to discourage;
los comentarios de sus amigos lo han desanimado he has been put off o discouraged by his friends' comments
♦ See also the pronominal verb desanimarse
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desanimar
v/t discourage, dishearten
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desanimar vt
desalentar: to discourage, to dishearten
♦ See also the reflexive verb desanimarse
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desanimar vb to discourage

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