discourage

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪsˈkʌrɪdʒ/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈskɜrɪdʒ, -ˈskʌr-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(di skûrij, -skur-)


Inflections of 'discourage' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
discourages
v 3rd person singular
discouraging
v pres p
discouraged
v past
discouraged
v past p
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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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Collocations: discourage [students, children, viewers, companies] from, discourage the [use, development, growth] of, discourage them from [using, eating, investing, buying, doing], more...

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