How to conjugate desalentar in Indicative Preterite in Spanish

desalentar
to discourage
regular verb

Desalentar means to discourage or dissuade someone from doing something. It is used when causing someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm about an action or idea.

How to conjugate desalentar in Indicative Preterite

El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time

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Indicative Preterite Conjugations

PronounConjugation
Yo
desalenté
desalentaste
Él / Ella / Usted
desalentó
Nosotros / Nosotras
desalentamos
Vosotros / Vosotras
desalentarais
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
desalentaron

Examples of desalentar in Indicative Preterite

Yo
El equipo desalenté a los jugadores.
I discouraged the players.
Tú desalentaste a tu amigo.
You discouraged your friend.
Él / Ella / Usted
Ella desalentó a su equipo.
She discouraged her team.
Nosotros / Nosotras
Nosotros desalentamos las expectativas.
We discouraged the expectations.
Vosotros / Vosotras
Vosotros desalentarais las ideas antiguas.
You all discouraged the old ideas.
Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes
Los profesores desalentaron a los estudiantes.
The teachers discouraged the students.

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