desmerecer

== Portuguese == === Etymology === From des- + merecer. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: des‧me‧re‧cer === Verb === desmerecer (first-person singular present desmereço, first-person singular preterite desmereci, past participle desmerecido) (transitive) to belittle ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “desmerecer”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “desmerecer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From des- + merecer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /desmeɾeˈθeɾ/ [d̪ez.me.ɾeˈθeɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /desmeɾeˈseɾ/ [d̪ez.me.ɾeˈseɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -eɾ Syllabification: des‧me‧re‧cer === Verb === desmerecer (first-person singular present desmerezco, first-person singular preterite desmerecí, past participle desmerecido) to criticize to belittle; to play down; to downplay ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “desmerecer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025