desalento

See also: desalentó

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From des- +‎ alento.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zaˈlẽ.tu/, /d͡ʒi.zaˈlẽ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zaˈlẽ.tu/, /d͡ʒi.zaˈlẽ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zaˈlẽ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐˈlẽ.tu/

Noun

desalento m (plural desalentos)

1. dismay
2. consternation
3. despondency

Etymology 2

Verb

desalento

1. first-person singular present indicative of desalentar

Further reading

• “desalento”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “desalento”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026