desaliento

Spanish

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Spanish des-

Spanish des-

Spanish alentar

Spanish desalentardeverb.

Spanish desaliento

Deverbal from desalentar.

Noun

desaliento m (plural desalientos)

1. dejection

   Synonym: abatimiento

Etymology 2

Verb

desaliento

1. first-person singular present indicative of desalentar

Further reading

• “desaliento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025