desmejorar

v.

1 to spoil.

2 to go downhill, to deteriorate.

El virus desmejora su salud The virus deteriorates his health.

3 to damage, to harm.

El clima desmejora los muros The weather damages the walls.

4 to lose quality, to decline to an inferior state, to downgrade, to retrograde.

La pintura desmejora con el tiempo Paint loses quality with time.

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desmejorar

► verbo transitivo

1 to spoil, make worse, damage

► verbo intransitivo

1 to deteriorate, get worse, go downhill

► verbo pronominal desmejorarse

1 to deteriorate, get worse, go downhill

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FRASEOLOGÍA

estar desmejorado,-a to look unwell, look worse

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1. VT

1) (=dañar) to spoil

2) (Med) to weaken

2.

See:

desmejorarse

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1.

verbo intransitivo

a) (de salud) to get worse, to deteriorate

sigue desmejorando — she's getting worse

b) (de atractivo) to lose one's looks

2.

desmejorar vt

a) <salud/enfermo> (debilitar) to weaken; (empeorar) to make ... worse

b) (de atractivo) to make ... look less attractive

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1.

verbo intransitivo

a) (de salud) to get worse, to deteriorate

sigue desmejorando — she's getting worse

b) (de atractivo) to lose one's looks

2.

desmejorar vt

a) <salud/enfermo> (debilitar) to weaken; (empeorar) to make ... worse

b) (de atractivo) to make ... look less attractive

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desmejorar [A1 ]

vi

1

(en cuanto a la salud): sigue desmejorando, pero no quiere ir al médico she's getting worse, but she refuses to go to the doctor

había desmejorado mucho he was looking much worse

2 (en cuanto al atractivo) to lose one's looks

■ desmejorar

vt

1 ‹salud/enfermo› (debilitar) to weaken; (empeorar) to make … worse

2 (en cuanto al atractivo) to make … look less attractive

tanto maquillaje la desmejora mucho wearing so much makeup makes her look less attractive o spoils her looks

3 ‹economía› to damage; ‹condiciones sociales› to make … worse

■ desmejorarse

v pron

desmejorar vi

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desmejorar

♦ vt

to spoil;

ese peinado la desmejora mucho that hairstyle does absolutely nothing for her

♦ vi

1. [enfermar] to deteriorate, to get worse;

empezó a desmejorar en el verano his health began to deteriorate over the summer

2. [perder cualidades, atractivo] to go downhill, to deteriorate;

desmejoró mucho con la edad he really went downhill as he got older

♦ See also the pronominal verb desmejorarse

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desmejorar

I v/t spoil

II v/i MED get worse, go downhill;

ha desmejorado mucho con la edad he’s lost a lot of his good looks as he’s got older

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desmejorar vt

: to weaken, to make worse

desmejorar vi

: to decline (in health), to get worse