deslucir

v.

1 to spoil, to ruin.

2 to make unattractive.

3 to dull, to spoil, to make look dull, to dim.

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deslucir

Conjugation model [LUCIR], like {{link=lucir}}lucir

► verbo transitivo

1 (quitar la brillantez) to tarnish, take the shine off; (descolorar) to fade

2 figurado (quitar la gracia) to mar, spoil; (desacreditar) to discredit

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1. VT

1) [+ mármol] to fade; [+ metal] to tarnish

2) (=estropear) to spoil, ruin

la lluvia deslució el acto — the rain ruined the ceremony

3) [+ persona] to discredit

2.

See:

deslucirse

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verbo transitivo <actuación/desfile> to spoil; <colores/cortinas> to fade, cause ... to fade

el polvo deslucía los muebles — the dust made the furniture look dull

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= tarnish, take + the shine off things, mar.

Ex. The article is entitled 'NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) assessment of public information dissemination: some sound ideas tarnished by defense of obsolete approaches' = El artículo se titula "Evaluación de la difusión de información pública por la NCLIS (Comisión Nacional sobre Bibliotecas y Documentación): algunas ideas acertadas deslucidas por la defensa de métodos obsoletos".

Ex. Not being able to run DP on IIS and not being able to find a commercial web hosting company who ran Apache, took the initial shine off things for me.

Ex. Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.

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verbo transitivo <actuación/desfile> to spoil; <colores/cortinas> to fade, cause ... to fade

el polvo deslucía los muebles — the dust made the furniture look dull

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= tarnish, take + the shine off things, mar.

Ex: The article is entitled 'NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Science) assessment of public information dissemination: some sound ideas tarnished by defense of obsolete approaches' = El artículo se titula "Evaluación de la difusión de información pública por la NCLIS (Comisión Nacional sobre Bibliotecas y Documentación): algunas ideas acertadas deslucidas por la defensa de métodos obsoletos".

Ex: Not being able to run DP on IIS and not being able to find a commercial web hosting company who ran Apache, took the initial shine off things for me.

Ex: Unfortunately, much of Metcalfe's writing is marred by what appears to be a deep-rooted prejudice against the classified approach, particularly as exemplified by Ranganathan.

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deslucir [I5 ]

vt

1 ‹actuación/desfile› to spoil

la lluvia deslució el festival the rain spoiled the festival

la presentación desluce el trabajo the presentation detracts from o spoils the work

2 ‹colores/cortinas› to fade, cause … to fade

el polvo deslucía los muebles the dust made the furniture look dull

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deslucir vtr (un acto, espectáculo) to mar: el mal sonido deslució el concierto, the concert was marred by poor sound equipment
una pelea deslució la fiesta, the party was ruined because of a fight
'deslucir' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
sombra

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deslucir vt

to spoil;

la lluvia deslució el desfile the rain spoiled the parade;

las acusaciones deslucieron su victoria the accusations took the shine off his victory

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deslucir

v/t tarnish; fig

spoil

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deslucir {45} vt

1) : to spoil

2) : to fade, to dull, to tarnish

3) : to discredit