desprestigiar

v.

1 to discredit.

María desprestigió el producto Mary discredited the product.

2 to slander, to bring into disrepute, to discredit, to disrepute.

María desprestigió al alcalde Mary slandered the mayor.

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desprestigiar

Conjugation model [CAMBIAR], like cambiar

► verbo transitivo

1 to discredit, ruin the reputation of

■ aquella actitud lo desprestigió that attitude ruined his reputation

► verbo pronominal desprestigiarse

1 to lose one's prestige, lose one's good reputation

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1. VT

1) (=criticar) to disparage, run down

2) (=desacreditar) to discredit

tus meteduras de pata desprestigian a toda la profesión — your faux pas tarnish the reputation of our whole profession

2.

See:

desprestigiarse

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1.

verbo transitivo to discredit

desprestigian la profesión — they bring the profession into disrepute

2.

desprestigiarse v pron persona/producto/empresa to lose prestige

se ha desprestigiado como abogado — his reputation o prestige as a lawyer has been damaged

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= vilify, smear.

Ex. Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.

Ex. As a result of this policy hundreds of priests have been been suspended from ministry and have had their names publicly smeared without proof or even credible evidence.

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* desprestigiarse = lose + face.

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1.

verbo transitivo to discredit

desprestigian la profesión — they bring the profession into disrepute

2.

desprestigiarse v pron persona/producto/empresa to lose prestige

se ha desprestigiado como abogado — his reputation o prestige as a lawyer has been damaged

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= vilify, smear.

Ex: Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.

Ex: As a result of this policy hundreds of priests have been been suspended from ministry and have had their names publicly smeared without proof or even credible evidence.

* desprestigiarse = lose + face.

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desprestigiar [A1 ]

vt

to discredit

las luchas internas han desprestigiado al partido internal disputes have discredited the party o damaged the party's prestige

■ desprestigiarse

v pron

«persona/producto/empresa» to lose prestige

la compañía se desprestigió con ese producto that product gave the company a bad name o damaged the company's prestige

se ha desprestigiado como abogado his reputation o prestige o good name as a lawyer has been damaged o has suffered

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desprestigiar (conjugate desprestigiar) verbo transitivo
to discredit
desprestigiarse verbo pronominal [persona/producto/empresa] to lose prestige
desprestigiar verbo transitivo to discredit, run down
'desprestigiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desacreditar
- sambenito
- señalar
English:
smear

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desprestigiar

♦ vt

to discredit;

aquello lo desprestigió ante la opinión pública that discredited him in the eyes of the public

♦ See also the pronominal verb desprestigiarse

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desprestigiar

v/t discredit

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desprestigiar vt

desacreditar: to discredit, to disgrace

♦ See also the reflexive verb desprestigiarse