Desanimar means to discourage or to cause someone to lose confidence or enthusiasm. It is used when something or someone diminishes motivation or spirit.
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El Presente - used to talk about situations, events or thoughts that are happening now or in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desanimo | No quiero desanimarme por eso. I don't want to get discouraged because of that. | |
| Tú | desanimas | No debes desanimarte tan fácilmente. You shouldn't get discouraged so easily. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desanima | A veces, él se desanima con facilidad. Sometimes, he gets discouraged easily. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desanimamos | No debemos desanimarnos ante los problemas. We shouldn't get discouraged in the face of problems. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desanimáis | No os desaniméis por los errores. Don't get discouraged because of the mistakes. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desaniman | A veces, ellos se desaniman rápidamente. Sometimes, they get discouraged quickly. |
El Pretérito Indefinido - used to talk about actions completed in the past, at a specific point in time
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desanimé | No desanimé ante la dificultad. I did not get discouraged in the face of difficulty. | |
| Tú | desanimaste | Tú desanimaste después del fracaso. You got discouraged after the failure. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desanimó | Ella se desanimó con las noticias. She got discouraged with the news. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desanimamos | Nosotros no desanimamos ante los obstáculos. We did not get discouraged by the obstacles. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desanimasteis | Vosotros desanimasteis con el resultado. You all got discouraged with the result. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desanimaron | Ellos no desanimaron ante los problemas. They did not get discouraged in front of the problems. |
El Pretérito Imperfecto - used to describe regular and repeated actions that happened in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desanimaba | Antes, desanimaba fácilmente a mis amigos. Before, I used to discourage my friends easily. | |
| Tú | desanimabas | Tú desanimabas cuando perdías. You used to get discouraged when you lost. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desanimaba | Ella desanimaba a sus compañeros. She used to discourage her classmates. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desanimábamos | Nosotros desanimábamos a veces sin razón. We used to discourage sometimes without reason. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desanimabais | Vosotros desanimabais a los nuevos en el equipo. You all used to discourage the newcomers on the team. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desanimaban | Ellos desanimaban a los niños con sus palabras. They used to discourage the children with their words. |
El Presente Progresivo - used to talk about something that is happening continuously or right now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | estoy desanimando | Estoy desanimando a mis amigos. I am discouraging my friends. | |
| Tú | estás desanimando | Estás desanimando a todos con tus palabras. You are discouraging everyone with your words. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | está desanimando | Ella está desanimando a los niños. She is discouraging the children. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | estamos desanimando | Estamos desanimando a los estudiantes. We are discouraging the students. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | estáis desanimando | Vosotros estáis desanimando a los participantes. You all are discouraging the participants. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | están desanimando | Ellos están desanimando a sus colegas. They are discouraging their colleagues. |
El Futuro Próximo - used to talk about something that will happen in the future, especially in the near future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | voy a desanimar | Voy a desanimar si no estudio. I am going to get discouraged if I don't study. | |
| Tú | vas a desanimar | Vas a desanimar si pierdes la esperanza. You are going to get discouraged if you lose hope. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | va a desanimar | Ella va a desanimar con esa noticia. She is going to get discouraged with that news. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | vamos a desanimar | Vamos a desanimar si no encontramos solución. We are going to get discouraged if we don't find a solution. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | vais a desanimar | Vosotros vais a desanimar si no intentáis. You all are going to get discouraged if you don't try. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | van a desanimar | Ellos van a desanimar con las malas noticias. They are going to get discouraged with the bad news. |
El Futuro Simple - used to talk about something that will happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desanimaré | No desanimaré ante los obstáculos. I will not get discouraged in the face of obstacles. | |
| Tú | desanimarás | Tú no desanimarás fácilmente. You will not get discouraged easily. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desanimará | Ella no desanimará con las dificultades. She will not get discouraged with difficulties. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desanimaremos | Nosotros no desanimaremos por los problemas. We will not get discouraged because of the problems. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desanimaréis | Vosotros no desanimaréis ante el fracaso. You all will not get discouraged in the face of failure. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desanimarán | Ellos no desanimarán con las críticas. They will not get discouraged with the criticism. |
El Condicional Simple - used to talk about something that may happen in the future, hypothesis and probabilities
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desanimaría | Yo desanimaría si no tuviera apoyo. I would get discouraged if I didn't have support. | |
| Tú | desanimarías | Tú desanimarías ante esa situación. You would get discouraged in that situation. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desanimaría | Él se desanimaría con las malas noticias. He would get discouraged with bad news. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desanimaríamos | Nosotros no nos desanimaríamos fácilmente. We wouldn't get discouraged easily. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desanimaríais | Vosotros no os desanimaríais por eso. You all wouldn't get discouraged because of that. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desanimarían | Ellos se desanimarían si fallaran. They would get discouraged if they failed. |
El Pretérito Perfecto - used to describe actions that started recently and are still happening now
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desanimado | He desanimado con las noticias recientes. I have been discouraged by the recent news. | |
| Tú | has desanimado | Tú has desanimado a todos con esa actitud. You have discouraged everyone with that attitude. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desanimado | Ella ha desanimado a sus amigos. She has discouraged her friends. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hemos desanimado | Nosotros hemos desanimado por los resultados. We have been discouraged by the results. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habéis desanimado | Vosotros habéis desanimado a los niños. You all have discouraged the children. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desanimado | Ellos han desanimado con las noticias. They have been discouraged by the news. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto - used to talk about actions that happened before another action in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | había desanimado | Ya había desanimado antes de intentarlo. I had already discouraged myself before trying. | |
| Tú | habías desanimado | Tú habías desanimado a todos con tus palabras. You had discouraged everyone with your words. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | había desanimado | Ella había desanimado a su equipo antes del partido. She had discouraged her team before the match. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habíamos desanimado | Nosotros habíamos desanimado a los niños con las noticias. We had discouraged the children with the news. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habíais desanimado | Vosotros habíais desanimado a los invitados con la actitud. You all had discouraged the guests with your attitude. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habían desanimado | Ellos habían desanimado a los participantes antes del evento. They had discouraged the participants before the event. |
El Futuro Perfecto - used to talk about something that will have happened in the future after something else
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habré desanimado | Para entonces, ya habré desanimado. By then, I will have discouraged myself. | |
| Tú | habrás desanimado | Tú habrás desanimado a todos. You will have discouraged everyone. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habrá desanimado | Ella habrá desanimado a los niños. She will have discouraged the children. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habremos desanimado | Nosotros habremos desanimado a los participantes. We will have discouraged the participants. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habréis desanimado | Vosotros habréis desanimado a los invitados. You all will have discouraged the guests. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrán desanimado | Ellos habrán desanimado a los estudiantes. They will have discouraged the students. |
El Condicional Perfecto - used to talk about something that would have happened in the past but didn't
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | habría desanimado | Yo habría desanimado si hubiera sabido. I would have discouraged if I had known. | |
| Tú | habrías desanimado | Tú habrías desanimado a todos. You would have discouraged everyone. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | habría desanimado | Él habría desanimado por la noticia. He would have discouraged because of the news. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | habríamos desanimado | Nosotros habríamos desanimado si fallamos. We would have discouraged if we failed. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | habríais desanimado | Vosotros habríais desanimado con esa actitud. You all would have discouraged with that attitude. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | habrían desanimado | Ellos habrían desanimado sin apoyo. They would have discouraged without support. |
El Presente de Subjuntivo - used to talk about situations of uncertainty, or emotions such as wishes, desires and hopes
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desanime | Espero que no desanime fácilmente. I hope he/she doesn't get discouraged easily. | |
| Tú | desanimes | Es importante que no desanimes ahora. It's important that you don't get discouraged now. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desanime | Es posible que él desanime si no estudia. He might get discouraged if he doesn't study. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desanimemos | Queremos que no desanimemos ante los problemas. We want us not to get discouraged in the face of problems. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desaniméis | Es necesario que no desaniméis por las dificultades. It's necessary that you all don't get discouraged by the difficulties. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desanimen | Es probable que se desanimen si no ven resultados. They might get discouraged if they don't see results. |
El Imperfecto Subjuntivo - used to speak about unlikely or uncertain events in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desanimara | Esperaba que no desanimara fácilmente. I hoped that he/she wouldn't get discouraged easily. | |
| Tú | desanimaras | No creía que tú desanimaras tan pronto. I didn't believe that you would get discouraged so soon. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desanimara | Dudaba que él desanimara en esa situación. I doubted that he would get discouraged in that situation. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desanimáramos | Pensaba que no nos desanimáramos por eso. I thought that we wouldn't get discouraged because of that. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desanimarais | No creía que vosotros desanimarais tan fácilmente. I didn't believe that you all would get discouraged so easily. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desanimaran | Era posible que ellos no desanimaran ante los problemas. It was possible that they wouldn't get discouraged in front of problems. |
El Futuro de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations and actions/events that may happen in the future
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desanimare | Si no estudias, desanimare en el examen. If you don't study, I will become discouraged on the exam. | |
| Tú | desanimare | Tú también desanimare si no logras el objetivo. You too will become discouraged if you don't achieve the goal. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desanimare | Él desanimare si no recibe apoyo. He will become discouraged if he doesn't receive support. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desanimáremos | Nosotros desanimáremos si no ganamos el partido. We will become discouraged if we don't win the match. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desanimareis | Vosotros desanimareis si no hay resultados. You all will become discouraged if there are no results. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desanimaren | Ellos desanimaren si no cumplen la promesa. They will become discouraged if they don't keep the promise. |
El Pretérito Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to describe past actions still connected to the present
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | haya desanimado | Espero que haya desanimado a todos. I hope I have discouraged everyone. | |
| Tú | hayas desanimado | Es posible que hayas desanimado a tu equipo. It's possible that you have discouraged your team. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desanimado | Es probable que él haya desanimado a los niños. It's likely that he has discouraged the children. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hayamos desanimado | Creemos que hayamos desanimado a los invitados. We believe we have discouraged the guests. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hayáis desanimado | ¿Habéis desanimado a los participantes? Have you discouraged the participants? | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desanimado | Es posible que hayan desanimado a los estudiantes. It's possible that they have discouraged the students. |
El Pretérito Pluscuamperfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about hypothetical situations in the past
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desanimado | Si hubiera desanimado, no habría participado. If I had discouraged, I wouldn't have participated. | |
| Tú | hubieras desanimado | Es posible que hubieras desanimado a todos. You might have discouraged everyone. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desanimado | Ella pensó que él hubiera desanimado a los niños. She thought that he had discouraged the children. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéramos desanimado | Si hubiéramos desanimado, no habríamos seguido. If we had discouraged, we wouldn't have continued. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubierais desanimado | Quizá vosotros hubierais desanimado a los invitados. Maybe you all had discouraged the guests. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desanimado | Es probable que ellos hubieran desanimado a los participantes. It's likely that they had discouraged the participants. |
El Futuro Perfecto de Subjuntivo - used to speak about something that will have happened if a hypothetical situation occurs
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desanimado | Para entonces, ya hubiere desanimado. By then, I will have already been discouraged. | |
| Tú | hubieres desanimado | Si hubieres desanimado, no habrías logrado nada. If you will have been discouraged, you wouldn't have achieved anything. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desanimado | Es posible que él hubiere desanimado antes de intentarlo. He might have been discouraged before trying. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | hubiéremos desanimado | Para entonces, nosotros hubiéremos desanimado si no hubiéramos recibido ayuda. By then, we will have been discouraged if we hadn't received help. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | hubiereis desanimado | Es probable que vosotros hubiereis desanimado sin apoyo. It's likely that you will have been discouraged without support. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desanimado | Quizá ellos hubieren desanimado antes de rendirse. Perhaps they will have been discouraged before giving up. |
El Imperativo Afirmativo - used to give orders and commands, to tell someone to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | desanime | No desanimes en momentos difíciles. Don't get discouraged in difficult moments. | |
| Tú | desanimes | ¡Desanimes y sigas adelante! Don't get discouraged and keep going! | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desanime | ¡Desanime esa actitud ahora! Don't discourage that attitude now! | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | desanimemos | ¡Desanimemos la tristeza juntos! Let's not get discouraged together! | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | desanimad | ¡Desanimad esa idea negativa! Don't discourage that negative idea! | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desanimen | ¡No desanimen a los demás! Don't discourage others! |
El Imperativo Negativo - used to give orders and commands, telling someone not to do something
| Pronoun | Conjugation | Example | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yo | no desanimé | No desanimé ante los problemas. Don't get discouraged in the face of problems. | |
| Tú | no desanimes | No desanimes, todo mejorará. Don't get discouraged, everything will improve. | |
| Él / Ella / Usted | no desanime | Por favor, no desanime en la situación. Please, don't get discouraged in the situation. | |
| Nosotros / Nosotras | no desanimemos | No desanimemos ante los obstáculos. Let's not get discouraged in the face of obstacles. | |
| Vosotros / Vosotras | no desaniméis | No desaniméis por las dificultades. Don't get discouraged because of the difficulties. | |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | no desanimen | Que no desanimen ante los desafíos. Let them not get discouraged in the face of challenges. |
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