desincentivar

Galician

Etymology

From des- +‎ incentivar.

Verb

desincentivar (first-person singular present desincentivo, first-person singular preterite desincentivei, past participle desincentivado)

1. to disincentivize, to deter

   Antonym: incentivar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desincentivar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	desincentivar
Personal	desincentivar	desincentivares	desincentivar	desincentivarmos	desincentivardes	desincentivaren
Gerund
	desincentivando
Past participle
Masculine	desincentivado			desincentivados
Feminine	desincentivada			desincentivadas
Indicative
Present	desincentivo	desincentivas	desincentiva	desincentivamos	desincentivades	desincentivan
Imperfect	desincentivaba	desincentivabas	desincentivaba	desincentivabamos	desincentivabades	desincentivaban
Preterite	desincentivei	desincentivaches	desincentivou	desincentivamos	desincentivastes	desincentivaron
Pluperfect	desincentivara	desincentivaras	desincentivara	desincentivaramos	desincentivarades	desincentivaran
Future	desincentivarei	desincentivarás	desincentivará	desincentivaremos	desincentivaredes	desincentivarán
Conditional	desincentivaría	desincentivarías	desincentivaría	desincentivariamos	desincentivariades	desincentivarían
Subjunctive
Present	desincentive	desincentives	desincentive	desincentivemos	desincentivedes	desincentiven
Imperfect	desincentivase	desincentivases	desincentivase	desincentivásemos	desincentivásedes	desincentivasen
Future	desincentivar	desincentivares	desincentivar	desincentivarmos	desincentivardes	desincentivaren
Imperative
Affirmative		desincentiva	desincentive	desincentivemos	desincentivade	desincentiven
Negative (non)		non desincentives	non desincentive	non desincentivemos	non desincentivedes	non desincentiven

    Reintegrated conjugation of desincentivar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	desincentivar
Personal	desincentivar	desincentivares	desincentivar	desincentivarmos	desincentivardes	desincentivarem
Gerund
	desincentivando
Past participle
Masculine	desincentivado			desincentivados
Feminine	desincentivada			desincentivadas
Indicative
Present	desincentivo	desincentivas	desincentiva	desincentivamos	desincentivades, desincentivais	desincentivam
Imperfect	desincentivava	desincentivavas	desincentivava	desincentivávamos	desincentivávades, desincentiváveis, desincentivávais1	desincentivavam
Preterite	desincentivei	desincentivaste, desincentivache1	desincentivou	desincentivamos	desincentivastes	desincentivárom, desincentivaram
Pluperfect	desincentivara	desincentivaras	desincentivara	desincentiváramos	desincentivárades, desincentiváreis, desincentivárais1	desincentivaram
Future	desincentivarei	desincentivarás	desincentivará	desincentivaremos	desincentivaredes, desincentivareis	desincentivarám, desincentivarão
Conditional	desincentivaria	desincentivarias	desincentivaria	desincentivaríamos	desincentivaríades, desincentivaríeis, desincentivaríais1	desincentivariam
Subjunctive
Present	desincentive	desincentives	desincentive	desincentivemos	desincentivedes, desincentiveis	desincentivem
Imperfect	desincentivasse	desincentivasses	desincentivasse	desincentivássemos	desincentivássedes, desincentivásseis	desincentivassem
Future	desincentivar	desincentivares	desincentivar	desincentivarmos	desincentivardes	desincentivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desincentiva	desincentive	desincentivemos	desincentivade, desincentivai	desincentivem
Negative (nom)		nom desincentives	nom desincentive	nom desincentivemos	nom desincentivedes, nom desincentiveis	nom desincentivem

¹Less recommended.

Further reading

• “desincentivar”, 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

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- +‎ incentivar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [de.zĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(h)], /d͡ʒi.zĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zĩ.sẽ.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zĩ.sẽ.tiˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zĩ.sẽ.tiˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zĩ.sẽ.tiˈbaɾ/ [dɨ.zĩ.sẽ.tiˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zĩ.sẽ.tiˈva.ɾi/

Verb

desincentivar (first-person singular present desincentivo, first-person singular preterite desincentivei, past participle desincentivado)

1. to disincentivize, to deter

   Antonym: incentivar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desincentivar (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	desincentivar
Personal	desincentivar	desincentivares	desincentivar	desincentivarmos	desincentivardes	desincentivarem
Gerund
	desincentivando
Past participle
Masculine	desincentivado			desincentivados
Feminine	desincentivada			desincentivadas
Indicative
Present	desincentivo	desincentivas	desincentiva	desincentivamos	desincentivais	desincentivam
Imperfect	desincentivava	desincentivavas	desincentivava	desincentivávamos	desincentiváveis	desincentivavam
Preterite	desincentivei	desincentivaste	desincentivou	desincentivamos1, desincentivámos2	desincentivastes	desincentivaram
Pluperfect	desincentivara	desincentivaras	desincentivara	desincentiváramos	desincentiváreis	desincentivaram
Future	desincentivarei	desincentivarás	desincentivará	desincentivaremos	desincentivareis	desincentivarão
Conditional	desincentivaria	desincentivarias	desincentivaria	desincentivaríamos	desincentivaríeis	desincentivariam
Subjunctive
Present	desincentive	desincentives	desincentive	desincentivemos	desincentiveis	desincentivem
Imperfect	desincentivasse	desincentivasses	desincentivasse	desincentivássemos	desincentivásseis	desincentivassem
Future	desincentivar	desincentivares	desincentivar	desincentivarmos	desincentivardes	desincentivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desincentiva	desincentive	desincentivemos	desincentivai	desincentivem
Negative (não)		não desincentives	não desincentive	não desincentivemos	não desincentiveis	não desincentivem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “desincentivar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ incentivar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /desinθentiˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.sĩn̟.θẽn̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desinsentiˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.sĩn.sẽn̪.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧sin‧cen‧ti‧var

Verb

desincentivar (first-person singular present desincentivo, first-person singular preterite desincentivé, past participle desincentivado)

1. (transitive) to disincentivize, to deter

   Antonym: incentivar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desincentivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desincentivar
gerund			desincentivando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desincentivado		desincentivada
		plural		desincentivados		desincentivadas
		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	desincentivo	desincentivastú desincentivásvos	desincentiva	desincentivamos	desincentiváis	desincentivan
	imperfect	desincentivaba	desincentivabas	desincentivaba	desincentivábamos	desincentivabais	desincentivaban
	preterite	desincentivé	desincentivaste	desincentivó	desincentivamos	desincentivasteis	desincentivaron
	future	desincentivaré	desincentivarás	desincentivará	desincentivaremos	desincentivaréis	desincentivarán
	conditional	desincentivaría	desincentivarías	desincentivaría	desincentivaríamos	desincentivaríais	desincentivarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desincentive	desincentivestú desincentivésvos2	desincentive	desincentivemos	desincentivéis	desincentiven
	imperfect (ra)	desincentivara	desincentivaras	desincentivara	desincentiváramos	desincentivarais	desincentivaran
	imperfect (se)	desincentivase	desincentivases	desincentivase	desincentivásemos	desincentivaseis	desincentivasen
	future1	desincentivare	desincentivares	desincentivare	desincentiváremos	desincentivareis	desincentivaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desincentivatú desincentivávos	desincentive	desincentivemos	desincentivad	desincentiven
	negative		no desincentives	no desincentive	no desincentivemos	no desincentivéis	no desincentiven

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

Derived terms

• desincentivación

 

Further reading

• “desincentivar”, 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