discouraging

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From the verb discourage: (⇒ conjugate)
discouraging is: Click the infinitive to see all available inflections
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

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InglésEspañol
discouraging adj (disheartening)desalentador/a adj
  descorazonador/a adj
 Willis nearly gave up his dream of becoming an author after receiving some discouraging feedback.
 Willis casi abandona su sueño de ser escritor después de recibir una crítica desalentadora.
discouraging adj (dissuasive, deterrent)disuasivo adj
  disuasorio/a adj
 "I think it's a bad idea," he said in a discouraging voice.
 «Creo que es una mala idea», dijo con voz disuasiva.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
discourage [sb] vtr (dissuade)disuadir a vtr + prep
  desalentar a vtr + prep
 Simon was concerned about Maria driving home after drinking a bottle of wine and did his best to discourage her.
 A Simon le preocupaba que Maria condujera hasta casa tras beberse una botella de vino e hizo todo lo que pudo para disuadirla.
discourage [sb] from doing [sth] v expr (dissuade)disuadir a alguien de loc verb
  convencer a alguien de que se aleje de loc verb
 Jane did her best to discourage her friend from drinking too much.
 Jane hizo todo lo que pudo para disuadir a su amigo de beber demasiado.
discourage [sb] vtr (dishearten)desanimar a vtr + prep
  desalentar a vtr + prep
 Don't tell him he's not as fast as his brother; you'll discourage him.
 No le digas que no es tan rápido como su hermano, lo vas a desanimar.
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