# desmotivar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

From des- +‎ motivar.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /dez.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [dez.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(h)], /d͡ʒiz.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /dez.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [dez.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(h)], /d͡ʒiz.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiz.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /dez.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒiz.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /deʒ.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [deʒ.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(χ)], /d͡ʒiʒ.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʒ.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /dez.mo.t͡ʃiˈva(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒ.mu.tiˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒ.mu.tiˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒ.mu.tiˈbaɾ/ [dɨʒ.mu.tiˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /dɨʒ.mu.tiˈva.ɾi/

### Verb

desmotivar (first-person singular present desmotivo, first-person singular preterite desmotivei, past participle desmotivado)
* to demotivate (to decrease the motivation)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “desmotivar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

From des- +‎ motivar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /desmotiˈbaɾ/ [d̪ez.mo.t̪iˈβ̞aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: des‧mo‧ti‧var

### Verb

desmotivar (first-person singular present desmotivo, first-person singular preterite desmotivé, past participle desmotivado)
* to demotivate, discourage

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | desmotivar | desmotivar | desmotivar | desmotivar | desmotivar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | desmotivando | desmotivando | desmotivando | desmotivando | desmotivando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | desmotivado | desmotivado | desmotivada | desmotivada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | desmotivados | desmotivados | desmotivadas | desmotivadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| indicative | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| indicative | present | desmotivo | desmotivas$^{tú}$ desmotivás$^{vos}$ | desmotiva | desmotivamos | desmotiváis | desmotivan |
| indicative | imperfect | desmotivaba | desmotivabas | desmotivaba | desmotivábamos | desmotivabais | desmotivaban |
| indicative | preterite | desmotivé | desmotivaste | desmotivó | desmotivamos | desmotivasteis | desmotivaron |
| indicative | future | desmotivaré | desmotivarás | desmotivará | desmotivaremos | desmotivaréis | desmotivarán |
| indicative | conditional | desmotivaría | desmotivarías | desmotivaría | desmotivaríamos | desmotivaríais | desmotivarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | desmotive | desmotives$^{tú}$ desmotivés$^{vos2}$ | desmotive | desmotivemos | desmotivéis | desmotiven |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | desmotivara | desmotivaras | desmotivara | desmotiváramos | desmotivarais | desmotivaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | desmotivase | desmotivases | desmotivase | desmotivásemos | desmotivaseis | desmotivasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | desmotivare | desmotivares | desmotivare | desmotiváremos | desmotivareis | desmotivaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | desmotiva$^{tú}$ desmotivá$^{vos}$ | desmotive | desmotivemos | desmotivad | desmotiven |
| imperative | negative | | no desmotives | no desmotive | no desmotivemos | no desmotivéis | no desmotiven |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “desmotivar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014