desmayar

Betekenis

(transitive) to cause a person to faint
(figuratively,intransitive) to dishearten
(pronominal) to faint (lose consciousness)

Frekwensie

Koppelteken as

des‧ma‧yar

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/desmaˈʝaɾ/

Etimologie

Borrowed from Old French esmaier (“to perturb”), from Latin *magāre, from Frankish *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą. Cognate with English dismay although a false friend. Compare Portuguese desmaiar. Doublet and related to esmayao "to be hungry, famished", from esmayar.