desairar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /desaiˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.sai̯ˈɾaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧sai‧rar
Verb
desairar (first-person singular present desairo, first-person singular preterite desairé, past participle desairado)
- (transitive) to snub; to slight
- (transitive) to offend
- Synonym: desestimar
- 1858, Roselly de Lorgues, Historia de Cristóbal Colon y de sus viajes:
- La lijereza con que el consejo desairó á Colon por boca de uno de sus miembros, no satisfizo ni la rectitud, ni la ilustración de Juan II, pues condenar no es juzgar
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1873, Benito Pérez Galdós, Cádiz, Chapter 3:
- Señora condesa, usted me presentó a este caballero. Si me desaíra, cuente usted como que ha recibido la ofensa.
- Your Excellency, you introduced me to this gentlemen. If he should offend me, it will be as if you have been offended.
Conjugation
Conjugation of desairar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of desairar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive desairar | dative | desairarme | desairarte | desairarle, desairarse | desairarnos | desairaros | desairarles, desairarse |
| accusative | desairarme | desairarte | desairarlo, desairarla, desairarse | desairarnos | desairaros | desairarlos, desairarlas, desairarse | |
| with gerund desairando | dative | desairándome | desairándote | desairándole, desairándose | desairándonos | desairándoos | desairándoles, desairándose |
| accusative | desairándome | desairándote | desairándolo, desairándola, desairándose | desairándonos | desairándoos | desairándolos, desairándolas, desairándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative desaira | dative | desáirame | desáirate | desáirale | desáiranos | not used | desáirales |
| accusative | desáirame | desáirate | desáiralo, desáirala | desáiranos | not used | desáiralos, desáiralas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative desairá | dative | desairame | desairate | desairale | desairanos | not used | desairales |
| accusative | desairame | desairate | desairalo, desairala | desairanos | not used | desairalos, desairalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative desaire | dative | desáireme | not used | desáirele, desáirese | desáirenos | not used | desáireles |
| accusative | desáireme | not used | desáirelo, desáirela, desáirese | desáirenos | not used | desáirelos, desáirelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative desairemos | dative | not used | desairémoste | desairémosle | desairémonos | desairémoos | desairémosles |
| accusative | not used | desairémoste | desairémoslo, desairémosla | desairémonos | desairémoos | desairémoslos, desairémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative desairad | dative | desairadme | not used | desairadle | desairadnos | desairaos | desairadles |
| accusative | desairadme | not used | desairadlo, desairadla | desairadnos | desairaos | desairadlos, desairadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative desairen | dative | desáirenme | not used | desáirenle | desáirennos | not used | desáirenles, desáirense |
| accusative | desáirenme | not used | desáirenlo, desáirenla | desáirennos | not used | desáirenlos, desáirenlas, desáirense | |
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “desairar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024