desinflarse

desinflarse

► verbo pronominal

1 to go down, deflate

2 familiar figurado (desanimarse) to lose heart, become disheartened

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VPR [neumático] to go down, go flat

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(v.) = run out of + steam

Ex. However, after making some progress the revision committee seems to have run out of steam, and no firm proposals have yet been made.

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(v.) = run out of + steam

Ex: However, after making some progress the revision committee seems to have run out of steam, and no firm proposals have yet been made.

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■desinflarse verbo reflexivo
1 (perder el aire) to go flat
2 (perder el ánimo) to lose heart
'desinflarse' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desinflar
English:
go down

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vpr

1. [perder aire] [balón] to go down;

[neumático] to go flat

2. [desanimarse] to get depressed

3. [achicarse] to become discouraged, to lose heart;

en el interrogatorio se terminó desinflando he lost his confidence under questioning;

el equipo se desinfló en el último cuarto del partido the team ran out of steam in the last quarter

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desinflarse

v/r

1 de neumático deflate

2 fig

lose heart

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vr

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desinflarse vb to go down