desprestigio

See also: desprestígio and desprestigió

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [dəs.pɾəs.tiˈʒi.u]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəs.pɾəs.tiˈʒi.o]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [des.pɾes.tiˈd͡ʒi.o]

Verb

desprestigio

first-person singular present indicative of desprestigiar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒi.u/, /des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒiw/ [des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒiʊ̯], /d͡ʒis.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒi.u/, /d͡ʒis.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒiw/ [d͡ʒis.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒiʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.pɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒi.u/, /deʃ.pɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒiw/ [deʃ.pɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒiʊ̯], /d͡ʒiʃ.pɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒi.u/, /d͡ʒiʃ.pɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒiw/ [d͡ʒiʃ.pɾeʃ.t͡ʃiˈʒiʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒi.u/, /des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒiw/ [des.pɾes.t͡ʃiˈʒiʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pɾɨʃ.tiˈʒi.u/

Verb

desprestigio

first-person singular present indicative of desprestigiar

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /despɾesˈtixjo/ [d̪es.pɾesˈt̪i.xjo]
Rhymes: -ixjo
Syllabification: des‧pres‧ti‧gio

Etymology 1

Deverbal from desprestigiar.

Noun

desprestigio m (plural desprestigios)

loss of prestige, disrepute
Synonym: descrédito

Antonym: prestigio
- 2002, Ana María Lorandi, Ni ley, ni rey, ni hombre virtuoso. Guerra y sociedad en el virreinato del Perú. Siglos XVI y XVII, page 56:
  Los hermanos Juan y Gonzalo Pizarro hicieron batidas de castigo que aumentaron el desprestigio del que ya gozaban por su soberbia y crueldades.
  The brothers Juan and Gonzalo Pizarro carried out punitive raids that increased the disrepute they already enjoyed due to their arrogance and cruelties.

Derived terms

campaña de desprestigio

Etymology 2

Verb

desprestigio

first-person singular present indicative of desprestigiar

Further reading

“desprestigio”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025