desmerecer

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From des- +‎ merecer.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [dez.me.ɾeˈse(h)], /d͡ʒiz.me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.me.ɾeˈse(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /dez.me.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.me.ɾeˈse(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʒ.me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [deʒ.me.ɾeˈse(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.me.ɾeˈse(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.me.ɾeˈse(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /dez.me.ɾeˈse(ɻ)/
 

Verb

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desmerecer (first-person singular present desmereço, first-person singular preterite desmereci, past participle desmerecido)

  1. to belittle
  2. to fade

Conjugation

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From des- +‎ merecer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /desmeɾeˈθeɾ/ [d̪ez.me.ɾeˈθeɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /desmeɾeˈseɾ/ [d̪ez.me.ɾeˈseɾ]
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧me‧re‧cer

Verb

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desmerecer (first-person singular present desmerezco, first-person singular preterite desmerecí, past participle desmerecido)

  1. to criticize
    • 2020 August 11, “Isla de Annobón la patria chica de Tutu Alicante”, in Guinea Ecuatorial Press[1], archived from the original on 25 April 2021:
      Un grupillo en todo caso exiguo, marginal y desmerecido sin credibilidad ni prestigio alguno para nadie a fecha del año 2020.
      A small group that is in any case meager, marginal, unworthy, and without credibility or any prestige of any kind as of 2020.
  2. to belittle; to play down; to downplay
    sin querer desmerecer su importancia
    not wanting to play down its importance
    • 1927, Ricardo Güiraldes, Don Segundo Sombra, chapter XIV:
      y como allí encontraría mucha gente del reñidero, no quería desmerecer la fama adquirida con mis apuestas
      as I'd find many people from the cockfights there, I didn't want to downplaythe fame my bets had acquired
    • 2002, Robert W. Pazmiño, Cuestiones Fundamentales de la Educación Cristiana:
      El énfasis en el currículo escondido no debería desmerecer la preocupación por las dimensiones explícitas y académicas del currículo
      The emphasis on the hidden curriculum should not belittle from concern for the explicit and academic dimensions of the curriculum.

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