desempeño

See also: desempeñó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desemˈpeɲo/ [d̪e.sẽmˈpe.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -eɲo
• Syllabification: de‧sem‧pe‧ño

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desempeñar.

Noun

desempeño m (plural desempeños)

1. performance

   Synonym: rendimiento

   un desempeño meritorio ― a worthy performance

Usage notes

• There are two Spanish words for performance in the workforce: rendimiento and desempeño.

The word rendimiento has more to do with performance based on strict efficiency. It has to do with quantitative results, the yield produced or rendered.

That is in contrast to the aforementioned desempeño, which has more has to do with qualitative performance. It has more to do with the quality of something achieved rather than the strict numbers produced.

Etymology 2

Verb

desempeño

1. first-person singular present indicative of desempeñar

Further reading

• “desempeño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014