desmayar

Betekenis

1. (transitive) to cause a person to faint
2. (figuratively,intransitive) to dishearten
3. (pronominal) to faint (lose consciousness)

Met koppelteken als

des‧ma‧yar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/desmaˈʝaɾ/

Etymologie

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.