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desmerecer

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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    From des- + merecer.

    Pronunciation

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    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [dez.me.ɾeˈse(h)], /d͡ʒiz.me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.me.ɾeˈse(h)]
      • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /dez.me.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.me.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/
      • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʒ.me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [deʒ.me.ɾeˈse(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.me.ɾeˈse(χ)]
      • (Caipira) IPA(key): /dez.me.ɾeˈse(ɻ)/, /d͡ʒiz.me.ɾeˈse(ɻ)/
     

    • Hyphenation: des‧me‧re‧cer

    Verb

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    desmerecer (first-person singular present desmereço, first-person singular preterite desmereci, past participle desmerecido)

    1. (transitive) to belittle

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    Spanish

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    Etymology

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      From des- + merecer.

      Pronunciation

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      Verb

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      desmerecer (first-person singular present desmerezco, first-person singular preterite desmerecí, past participle desmerecido)

      1. to criticize
        • 2020 August 11, “Isla de Annobón la patria chica de Tutu Alicante”, in Guinea Ecuatorial Press[1], archived from the original on 25 April 2021:
          Un grupillo en todo caso exiguo, marginal y desmerecido sin credibilidad ni prestigio alguno para nadie a fecha del año 2020.
          A small group that is in any case meager, marginal, unworthy, and without credibility or any prestige of any kind as of 2020.
      2. to belittle; to play down; to downplay
        sin querer desmerecer su importancia
        not wanting to play down its importance
        • 1927, Ricardo Güiraldes, Don Segundo Sombra, chapter XIV:
          y como allí encontraría mucha gente del reñidero, no quería desmerecer la fama adquirida con mis apuestas
          as I'd find many people from the cockfights there, I didn't want to downplaythe fame my bets had acquired
        • 2002, Robert W. Pazmiño, Cuestiones Fundamentales de la Educación Cristiana:
          El énfasis en el currículo escondido no debería desmerecer la preocupación por las dimensiones explícitas y académicas del currículo
          The emphasis on the hidden curriculum should not belittle from concern for the explicit and academic dimensions of the curriculum.

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