descorazonar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ corazón +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /deskoɾaθoˈnaɾ/ [d̪es.ko.ɾa.θoˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /deskoɾasoˈnaɾ/ [d̪es.ko.ɾa.soˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧co‧ra‧zo‧nar

Verb

descorazonar (first-person singular present descorazono, first-person singular preterite descorazoné, past participle descorazonado)

1. to dishearten, discourage

Conjugation

    Conjugation of descorazonar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			descorazonar
gerund			descorazonando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		descorazonado		descorazonada
		plural		descorazonados		descorazonadas
		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	descorazono	descorazonastú descorazonásvos	descorazona	descorazonamos	descorazonáis	descorazonan
	imperfect	descorazonaba	descorazonabas	descorazonaba	descorazonábamos	descorazonabais	descorazonaban
	preterite	descorazoné	descorazonaste	descorazonó	descorazonamos	descorazonasteis	descorazonaron
	future	descorazonaré	descorazonarás	descorazonará	descorazonaremos	descorazonaréis	descorazonarán
	conditional	descorazonaría	descorazonarías	descorazonaría	descorazonaríamos	descorazonaríais	descorazonarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	descorazone	descorazonestú descorazonésvos2	descorazone	descorazonemos	descorazonéis	descorazonen
	imperfect (ra)	descorazonara	descorazonaras	descorazonara	descorazonáramos	descorazonarais	descorazonaran
	imperfect (se)	descorazonase	descorazonases	descorazonase	descorazonásemos	descorazonaseis	descorazonasen
	future1	descorazonare	descorazonares	descorazonare	descorazonáremos	descorazonareis	descorazonaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		descorazonatú descorazonávos	descorazone	descorazonemos	descorazonad	descorazonen
	negative		no descorazones	no descorazone	no descorazonemos	no descorazonéis	no descorazonen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of descorazonar

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 descorazonar
	dative	descorazonarme	descorazonarte	descorazonarle, descorazonarse	descorazonarnos	descorazonaros	descorazonarles, descorazonarse
	accusative	descorazonarme	descorazonarte	descorazonarlo, descorazonarla, descorazonarse	descorazonarnos	descorazonaros	descorazonarlos, descorazonarlas, descorazonarse
with gerund descorazonando
	dative	descorazonándome	descorazonándote	descorazonándole, descorazonándose	descorazonándonos	descorazonándoos	descorazonándoles, descorazonándose
	accusative	descorazonándome	descorazonándote	descorazonándolo, descorazonándola, descorazonándose	descorazonándonos	descorazonándoos	descorazonándolos, descorazonándolas, descorazonándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative descorazona
	dative	descorazóname	descorazónate	descorazónale	descorazónanos	not used	descorazónales
	accusative	descorazóname	descorazónate	descorazónalo, descorazónala	descorazónanos	not used	descorazónalos, descorazónalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative descorazoná
	dative	descorazoname	descorazonate	descorazonale	descorazonanos	not used	descorazonales
	accusative	descorazoname	descorazonate	descorazonalo, descorazonala	descorazonanos	not used	descorazonalos, descorazonalas
with formal second-person singular imperative descorazone
	dative	descorazóneme	not used	descorazónele, descorazónese	descorazónenos	not used	descorazóneles
	accusative	descorazóneme	not used	descorazónelo, descorazónela, descorazónese	descorazónenos	not used	descorazónelos, descorazónelas
with first-person plural imperative descorazonemos
	dative	not used	descorazonémoste	descorazonémosle	descorazonémonos	descorazonémoos	descorazonémosles
	accusative	not used	descorazonémoste	descorazonémoslo, descorazonémosla	descorazonémonos	descorazonémoos	descorazonémoslos, descorazonémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative descorazonad
	dative	descorazonadme	not used	descorazonadle	descorazonadnos	descorazonaos	descorazonadles
	accusative	descorazonadme	not used	descorazonadlo, descorazonadla	descorazonadnos	descorazonaos	descorazonadlos, descorazonadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative descorazonen
	dative	descorazónenme	not used	descorazónenle	descorazónennos	not used	descorazónenles, descorazónense
	accusative	descorazónenme	not used	descorazónenlo, descorazónenla	descorazónennos	not used	descorazónenlos, descorazónenlas, descorazónense

Further reading

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