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desalentar

desalentar

Portuguese

Verb

desalentar (first-person singular present indicative desalento, past participle desalentado)

  1. (transitive) to discourage; to dishearten (to make someone lose their enthusiasm)

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Spanish

Verb

desalentar (first-person singular present desaliento, first-person singular preterite desalenté, past participle desalentado)

  1. to discourage

Conjugation

  • Rule: e becomes an ie in stressed syllables.

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