desacreditar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [de.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [de.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(h)], /d͡ʒi.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒi.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [de.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(χ)], /d͡ʒi.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.za.kɾe.d͡ʒiˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.kɾɨ.diˈtaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐ.kɾɨ.ðiˈtaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.kɾɨ.diˈtaɾ/ [dɨ.zɐ.kɾɨ.ðiˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɐ.kɾɨ.diˈta.ɾi/ [dɨ.zɐ.kɾɨ.ðiˈta.ɾi]

Verb

desacreditar (first-person singular present desacredito, first-person singular preterite desacreditei, past participle desacreditado)

1. to discredit
2. to disbelieve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desacreditar (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	desacreditar
Personal	desacreditar	desacreditares	desacreditar	desacreditarmos	desacreditardes	desacreditarem
Gerund
	desacreditando
Past participle
Masculine	desacreditado			desacreditados
Feminine	desacreditada			desacreditadas
Indicative
Present	desacredito	desacreditas	desacredita	desacreditamos	desacreditais	desacreditam
Imperfect	desacreditava	desacreditavas	desacreditava	desacreditávamos	desacreditáveis	desacreditavam
Preterite	desacreditei	desacreditaste	desacreditou	desacreditamos1, desacreditámos2	desacreditastes	desacreditaram
Pluperfect	desacreditara	desacreditaras	desacreditara	desacreditáramos	desacreditáreis	desacreditaram
Future	desacreditarei	desacreditarás	desacreditará	desacreditaremos	desacreditareis	desacreditarão
Conditional	desacreditaria	desacreditarias	desacreditaria	desacreditaríamos	desacreditaríeis	desacreditariam
Subjunctive
Present	desacredite	desacredites	desacredite	desacreditemos	desacrediteis	desacreditem
Imperfect	desacreditasse	desacreditasses	desacreditasse	desacreditássemos	desacreditásseis	desacreditassem
Future	desacreditar	desacreditares	desacreditar	desacreditarmos	desacreditardes	desacreditarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desacredita	desacredite	desacreditemos	desacreditai	desacreditem
Negative (não)		não desacredites	não desacredite	não desacreditemos	não desacrediteis	não desacreditem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ acreditar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desakɾediˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.sa.kɾe.ð̞iˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sa‧cre‧di‧tar

Verb

desacreditar (first-person singular present desacredito, first-person singular preterite desacredité, past participle desacreditado)

1. (transitive) to discredit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desacreditar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desacreditar
gerund			desacreditando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desacreditado		desacreditada
		plural		desacreditados		desacreditadas
		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	desacredito	desacreditastú desacreditásvos	desacredita	desacreditamos	desacreditáis	desacreditan
	imperfect	desacreditaba	desacreditabas	desacreditaba	desacreditábamos	desacreditabais	desacreditaban
	preterite	desacredité	desacreditaste	desacreditó	desacreditamos	desacreditasteis	desacreditaron
	future	desacreditaré	desacreditarás	desacreditará	desacreditaremos	desacreditaréis	desacreditarán
	conditional	desacreditaría	desacreditarías	desacreditaría	desacreditaríamos	desacreditaríais	desacreditarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desacredite	desacreditestú desacreditésvos2	desacredite	desacreditemos	desacreditéis	desacrediten
	imperfect (ra)	desacreditara	desacreditaras	desacreditara	desacreditáramos	desacreditarais	desacreditaran
	imperfect (se)	desacreditase	desacreditases	desacreditase	desacreditásemos	desacreditaseis	desacreditasen
	future1	desacreditare	desacreditares	desacreditare	desacreditáremos	desacreditareis	desacreditaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desacreditatú desacreditávos	desacredite	desacreditemos	desacreditad	desacrediten
	negative		no desacredites	no desacredite	no desacreditemos	no desacreditéis	no desacrediten

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

    Selected combined forms of desacreditar

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 desacreditar
	dative	desacreditarme	desacreditarte	desacreditarle, desacreditarse	desacreditarnos	desacreditaros	desacreditarles, desacreditarse
	accusative	desacreditarme	desacreditarte	desacreditarlo, desacreditarla, desacreditarse	desacreditarnos	desacreditaros	desacreditarlos, desacreditarlas, desacreditarse
with gerund desacreditando
	dative	desacreditándome	desacreditándote	desacreditándole, desacreditándose	desacreditándonos	desacreditándoos	desacreditándoles, desacreditándose
	accusative	desacreditándome	desacreditándote	desacreditándolo, desacreditándola, desacreditándose	desacreditándonos	desacreditándoos	desacreditándolos, desacreditándolas, desacreditándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desacredita
	dative	desacredítame	desacredítate	desacredítale	desacredítanos	not used	desacredítales
	accusative	desacredítame	desacredítate	desacredítalo, desacredítala	desacredítanos	not used	desacredítalos, desacredítalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desacreditá
	dative	desacreditame	desacreditate	desacreditale	desacreditanos	not used	desacreditales
	accusative	desacreditame	desacreditate	desacreditalo, desacreditala	desacreditanos	not used	desacreditalos, desacreditalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desacredite
	dative	desacredíteme	not used	desacredítele, desacredítese	desacredítenos	not used	desacredíteles
	accusative	desacredíteme	not used	desacredítelo, desacredítela, desacredítese	desacredítenos	not used	desacredítelos, desacredítelas
with first-person plural imperative desacreditemos
	dative	not used	desacreditémoste	desacreditémosle	desacreditémonos	desacreditémoos	desacreditémosles
	accusative	not used	desacreditémoste	desacreditémoslo, desacreditémosla	desacreditémonos	desacreditémoos	desacreditémoslos, desacreditémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desacreditad
	dative	desacreditadme	not used	desacreditadle	desacreditadnos	desacreditaos	desacreditadles
	accusative	desacreditadme	not used	desacreditadlo, desacreditadla	desacreditadnos	desacreditaos	desacreditadlos, desacreditadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desacrediten
	dative	desacredítenme	not used	desacredítenle	desacredítennos	not used	desacredítenles, desacredítense
	accusative	desacredítenme	not used	desacredítenlo, desacredítenla	desacredítennos	not used	desacredítenlos, desacredítenlas, desacredítense

Related terms

• desacreditación f

 

Further reading

• “desacreditar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28