Etymology
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Borrowed from Old French esmaier (“to perturb”), from Latin *magāre, from Frankish *magan, from Proto-Germanic *maganą. Cognate with English dismay although a false friend. Compare Portuguese desmaiar.
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /desmaˈʝaɾ/ [d̪ez.maˈʝaɾ]
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /desmaˈʝaɾ/ [d̪ez.maˈʝaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desmaˈʃaɾ/ [d̪ez.maˈʃaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desmaˈʒaɾ/ [d̪ez.maˈʒaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧ma‧yar
desmayar (first-person singular present desmayo, first-person singular preterite desmayé, past participle desmayado)
- (transitive) to cause a person to faint
- (intransitive, figurative) to dishearten
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to faint (lose consciousness)
Usage notes
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- Desmayar is a false friend, and does not mean dismay. Spanish equivalents are shown in the "Translations" section of the English entry dismay.
Conjugation
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1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of desmayar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive desmayar
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dative
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desmayarme
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desmayarte
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desmayarle, desmayarse
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desmayarnos
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desmayaros
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desmayarles, desmayarse
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accusative
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desmayarme
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desmayarte
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desmayarlo, desmayarla, desmayarse
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desmayarnos
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desmayaros
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desmayarlos, desmayarlas, desmayarse
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with gerund desmayando
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dative
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desmayándome
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desmayándote
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desmayándole, desmayándose
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desmayándonos
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desmayándoos
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desmayándoles, desmayándose
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accusative
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desmayándome
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desmayándote
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desmayándolo, desmayándola, desmayándose
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desmayándonos
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desmayándoos
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desmayándolos, desmayándolas, desmayándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative desmaya
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dative
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desmáyame
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desmáyate
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desmáyale
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desmáyanos
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not used
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desmáyales
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accusative
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desmáyame
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desmáyate
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desmáyalo, desmáyala
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desmáyanos
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not used
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desmáyalos, desmáyalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative desmayá
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dative
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desmayame
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desmayate
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desmayale
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desmayanos
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not used
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desmayales
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accusative
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desmayame
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desmayate
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desmayalo, desmayala
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desmayanos
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not used
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desmayalos, desmayalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative desmaye
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dative
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desmáyeme
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not used
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desmáyele, desmáyese
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desmáyenos
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not used
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desmáyeles
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accusative
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desmáyeme
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not used
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desmáyelo, desmáyela, desmáyese
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desmáyenos
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not used
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desmáyelos, desmáyelas
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with first-person plural imperative desmayemos
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dative
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not used
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desmayémoste
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desmayémosle
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desmayémonos
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desmayémoos
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desmayémosles
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accusative
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not used
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desmayémoste
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desmayémoslo, desmayémosla
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desmayémonos
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desmayémoos
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desmayémoslos, desmayémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative desmayad
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dative
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desmayadme
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not used
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desmayadle
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desmayadnos
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desmayaos
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desmayadles
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accusative
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desmayadme
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not used
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desmayadlo, desmayadla
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desmayadnos
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desmayaos
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desmayadlos, desmayadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative desmayen
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dative
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desmáyenme
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not used
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desmáyenle
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desmáyennos
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not used
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desmáyenles, desmáyense
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accusative
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desmáyenme
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not used
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desmáyenlo, desmáyenla
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desmáyennos
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not used
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desmáyenlos, desmáyenlas, desmáyense
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