desprestigiar

Catalan

Etymology

From desprestigi +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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Verb

desprestigiar (first-person singular present desprestigio, first-person singular preterite desprestigií, past participle desprestigiat)

1. (transitive) to discredit, to disparage
   • 1955, Fuster, Joan, El descrèdite de la realitat:

     «L’art abstracte ha vist com s’esfondraven, com es desprestigiaven aquestes tendències que s‘’alçaren contra ell.»

     “Abstract art has seen how these tendencies that rose up against it collapsed, how they were discredited.”

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of desprestigiar (first conjugation)

infinitive			desprestigiar
gerund			desprestigiant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desprestigiat		desprestigiada
		plural		desprestigiats		desprestigiades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desprestigio	desprestigies	desprestigia	desprestigiem	desprestigieu	desprestigien
	imperfect	desprestigiava	desprestigiaves	desprestigiava	desprestigiàvem	desprestigiàveu	desprestigiaven
	future	desprestigiaré	desprestigiaràs	desprestigiarà	desprestigiarem	desprestigiareu	desprestigiaran
	preterite	desprestigií	desprestigiares	desprestigià	desprestigiàrem	desprestigiàreu	desprestigiaren
	conditional	desprestigiaria	desprestigiaries	desprestigiaria	desprestigiaríem	desprestigiaríeu	desprestigiarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desprestigiï	desprestigiïs	desprestigiï	desprestigiem	desprestigieu	desprestigiïn
	imperfect	desprestigiés	desprestigiessis	desprestigiés	desprestigiéssim	desprestigiéssiu	desprestigiessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	desprestigia	desprestigiï	desprestigiem	desprestigieu	desprestigiïn
	negative (no)	—	no desprestigiïs	no desprestigiï	no desprestigiem	no desprestigieu	no desprestigiïn

Related terms

• prestigi

See also

• desprestigiar-se

Further reading

• “desprestigiar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Portuguese

Etymology

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 Galician-Portuguese des-

Portuguese des-

Portuguese prestigio

Portuguese -ar

Portuguese prestigiar

Portuguese desprestigiar

From des- + prestigiar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(h)], (faster) /d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃiˈʒja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃiˈʒja(h)], /des.pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [des.pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(h)], (faster) /des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒja(ʁ)/ [des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(h)], (faster) /d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃiˈʒja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃiˈʒja(h)], /des.pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [des.pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(h)], (faster) /des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒja(ʁ)/ [des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃiˈʒja(ɾ)/, /des.pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiʃ.pɾiʃ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.pɾiʃ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(χ)], (faster) /d͡ʒiʃ.pɾiʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒja(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.pɾiʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒja(χ)], /deʃ.pɾeʃ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(ʁ)/ [deʃ.pɾeʃ.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(χ)], (faster) /deʃ.pɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒja(ʁ)/ [deʃ.pɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /d͡ʒis.pɾis.t͡ʃiˈʒja(ɻ)/, /des.pɾes.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pɾɨʃ.tiˈʒjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pɾɨʃ.tiˈʒjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pɾɨʃ.tiˈʒja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: des‧pres‧ti‧gi‧ar

Verb

desprestigiar (first-person singular present desprestigio, first-person singular preterite desprestigiei, past participle desprestigiado)

1. (transitive) to discredit, to smear.
   • (Can we date this quote?), Diálogo du Sul, “Rafael Correa critica a politização do tema Yasuni”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     «Sobre a campanha desencadeada pela multinacional Chevron contra o Equador, disse que essa empresa gasta 400 milhões de dólares para desprestigiar o governo desta nação e paga cerca de 900 advogados.»

     “Regarding the campaign launched by the multinational Chevron against Ecuador, he said that this company spends 400 million dollars to discredit the government of this nation and pays approximately 900 lawyers.”

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desprestigiar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	desprestigiar
Personal	desprestigiar	desprestigiares	desprestigiar	desprestigiarmos	desprestigiardes	desprestigiarem
Gerund
	desprestigiando
Past participle
Masculine	desprestigiado			desprestigiados
Feminine	desprestigiada			desprestigiadas
Indicative
Present	desprestigio	desprestigias	desprestigia	desprestigiamos	desprestigiais	desprestigiam
Imperfect	desprestigiava	desprestigiavas	desprestigiava	desprestigiávamos	desprestigiáveis	desprestigiavam
Preterite	desprestigiei	desprestigiaste	desprestigiou	desprestigiamos1, desprestigiámos2	desprestigiastes	desprestigiaram
Pluperfect	desprestigiara	desprestigiaras	desprestigiara	desprestigiáramos	desprestigiáreis	desprestigiaram
Future	desprestigiarei	desprestigiarás	desprestigiará	desprestigiaremos	desprestigiareis	desprestigiarão
Conditional	desprestigiaria	desprestigiarias	desprestigiaria	desprestigiaríamos	desprestigiaríeis	desprestigiariam
Subjunctive
Present	desprestigie	desprestigies	desprestigie	desprestigiemos	desprestigieis	desprestigiem
Imperfect	desprestigiasse	desprestigiasses	desprestigiasse	desprestigiássemos	desprestigiásseis	desprestigiassem
Future	desprestigiar	desprestigiares	desprestigiar	desprestigiarmos	desprestigiardes	desprestigiarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desprestigia	desprestigie	desprestigiemos	desprestigiai	desprestigiem
Negative (não)		não desprestigies	não desprestigie	não desprestigiemos	não desprestigieis	não desprestigiem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

See also

• desprestigiar-se
• desprestígio

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

First attested in 1847. From des- +‎ prestigiar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /despɾestiˈxjaɾ/ [d̪es.pɾes.t̪iˈxjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧pres‧ti‧giar

Verb

desprestigiar (first-person singular present desprestigio, first-person singular preterite desprestigié, past participle desprestigiado)

1. (transitive) to discredit, to smear.

   Synonym: desacreditar

   Antonym: prestigiar

   • 1995, Rosario Ferré, La batalla de las vírgenes, page 104:

     Si lo que se pretendía era desprestigiar al Padre, para que su testimonio a favor de la buena reputación de Mariana Duslabón quedara neutralizado, iban a necesitar más munición que aquella.

     If the aim was to discredit the Father, so that his testimony in favor of Mariana Duslabón’s good reputation would be neutralized, they were going to need more ammunition than that.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desprestigiar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desprestigiar
gerund			desprestigiando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desprestigiado		desprestigiada
		plural		desprestigiados		desprestigiadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desprestigio	desprestigiastú desprestigiásvos	desprestigia	desprestigiamos	desprestigiáis	desprestigian
	imperfect	desprestigiaba	desprestigiabas	desprestigiaba	desprestigiábamos	desprestigiabais	desprestigiaban
	preterite	desprestigié	desprestigiaste	desprestigió	desprestigiamos	desprestigiasteis	desprestigiaron
	future	desprestigiaré	desprestigiarás	desprestigiará	desprestigiaremos	desprestigiaréis	desprestigiarán
	conditional	desprestigiaría	desprestigiarías	desprestigiaría	desprestigiaríamos	desprestigiaríais	desprestigiarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desprestigie	desprestigiestú desprestigiésvos2	desprestigie	desprestigiemos	desprestigiéis	desprestigien
	imperfect (ra)	desprestigiara	desprestigiaras	desprestigiara	desprestigiáramos	desprestigiarais	desprestigiaran
	imperfect (se)	desprestigiase	desprestigiases	desprestigiase	desprestigiásemos	desprestigiaseis	desprestigiasen
	future1	desprestigiare	desprestigiares	desprestigiare	desprestigiáremos	desprestigiareis	desprestigiaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desprestigiatú desprestigiávos	desprestigie	desprestigiemos	desprestigiad	desprestigien
	negative		no desprestigies	no desprestigie	no desprestigiemos	no desprestigiéis	no desprestigien

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of desprestigiar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive desprestigiar	dative	desprestigiarme	desprestigiarte	desprestigiarle, desprestigiarse	desprestigiarnos	desprestigiaros	desprestigiarles, desprestigiarse
	accusative	desprestigiarme	desprestigiarte	desprestigiarlo, desprestigiarla, desprestigiarse	desprestigiarnos	desprestigiaros	desprestigiarlos, desprestigiarlas, desprestigiarse
with gerund desprestigiando	dative	desprestigiándome	desprestigiándote	desprestigiándole, desprestigiándose	desprestigiándonos	desprestigiándoos	desprestigiándoles, desprestigiándose
	accusative	desprestigiándome	desprestigiándote	desprestigiándolo, desprestigiándola, desprestigiándose	desprestigiándonos	desprestigiándoos	desprestigiándolos, desprestigiándolas, desprestigiándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative desprestigia	dative	desprestígiame	desprestígiate	desprestígiale	desprestígianos	not used	desprestígiales
	accusative	desprestígiame	desprestígiate	desprestígialo, desprestígiala	desprestígianos	not used	desprestígialos, desprestígialas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative desprestigiá	dative	desprestigiame	desprestigiate	desprestigiale	desprestigianos	not used	desprestigiales
	accusative	desprestigiame	desprestigiate	desprestigialo, desprestigiala	desprestigianos	not used	desprestigialos, desprestigialas
with formal second-person singular imperative desprestigie	dative	desprestígieme	not used	desprestígiele, desprestígiese	desprestígienos	not used	desprestígieles
	accusative	desprestígieme	not used	desprestígielo, desprestígiela, desprestígiese	desprestígienos	not used	desprestígielos, desprestígielas
with first-person plural imperative desprestigiemos	dative	not used	desprestigiémoste	desprestigiémosle	desprestigiémonos	desprestigiémoos	desprestigiémosles
	accusative	not used	desprestigiémoste	desprestigiémoslo, desprestigiémosla	desprestigiémonos	desprestigiémoos	desprestigiémoslos, desprestigiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desprestigiad	dative	desprestigiadme	not used	desprestigiadle	desprestigiadnos	desprestigiaos	desprestigiadles
	accusative	desprestigiadme	not used	desprestigiadlo, desprestigiadla	desprestigiadnos	desprestigiaos	desprestigiadlos, desprestigiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desprestigien	dative	desprestígienme	not used	desprestígienle	desprestígiennos	not used	desprestígienles, desprestígiense
	accusative	desprestígienme	not used	desprestígienlo, desprestígienla	desprestígiennos	not used	desprestígienlos, desprestígienlas, desprestígiense

Related terms

• desprestigio
• prestigio

See also

• desprestigiarse

Further reading

• “desprestigiar”, 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