desmayar

Meaning

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

Concepts

faint

dismay

get depressed

lose heart

pass out

Frequency

24k
Hyphenated as
des‧ma‧yar
Pronounced as (IPA)
/desmaˈʝaɾ/
Etymology

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.

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