desempeño

See also: desempeñó

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desemˈpeɲo/ [d̪e.sẽmˈpe.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -eɲo
• Syllabification: de‧sem‧pe‧ño

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desempeñar.

Noun

desempeño m (plural desempeños)

1. performance

   Synonym: rendimiento

   un desempeño meritorio ― a worthy performance

Usage notes

• There are two Spanish words for performance in the workforce: rendimiento and desempeño. The word rendimiento has more to do with performance based on strict efficiency. It has to do with quantitative results, the yield produced or rendered. This is in contrast to desempeño, which has more to do with qualitative performance; more specifically, the quality of something achieved rather than the strict numbers produced.

Etymology 2

Verb

desempeño

1. first-person singular present indicative of desempeñar

Further reading

• “desempeño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10