desalentar
Meaning
to discourage; to dishearten (to make someone lose their enthusiasm)
Concepts
frighten away
scare away
frighten off
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.za.lẽˈta(ʁ)/
Etymology
From des- + alentar (“to encourage”).
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