desconsolar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dəs.kun.suˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [dəs.kon.soˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [des.kon.soˈlaɾ]

Verb

desconsolar (first-person singular present desconsolo, first-person singular preterite desconsolí, past participle desconsolat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to distress

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desconsolar (first conjugation)

infinitive			desconsolar
gerund			desconsolant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desconsolat		desconsolada
		plural		desconsolats		desconsolades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desconsolo	desconsoles	desconsola	desconsolem	desconsoleu	desconsolen
	imperfect	desconsolava	desconsolaves	desconsolava	desconsolàvem	desconsolàveu	desconsolaven
	future	desconsolaré	desconsolaràs	desconsolarà	desconsolarem	desconsolareu	desconsolaran
	preterite	desconsolí	desconsolares	desconsolà	desconsolàrem	desconsolàreu	desconsolaren
	conditional	desconsolaria	desconsolaries	desconsolaria	desconsolaríem	desconsolaríeu	desconsolarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	desconsoli	desconsolis	desconsoli	desconsolem	desconsoleu	desconsolin
	imperfect	desconsolés	desconsolessis	desconsolés	desconsoléssim	desconsoléssiu	desconsolessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	desconsola	desconsoli	desconsolem	desconsoleu	desconsolin
	negative (no)	—	no desconsolis	no desconsoli	no desconsolem	no desconsoleu	no desconsolin

Further reading

• “desconsolar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “desconsolar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “desconsolar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “desconsolar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [des.kõ.soˈla(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.soˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [des.kõ.soˈla(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.soˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.soˈla(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.soˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kõ.soˈla(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.soˈla(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.soˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.kõ.soˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.suˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.suˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.suˈla.ɾi/

Verb

desconsolar (first-person singular present desconsolo, first-person singular preterite desconsolei, past participle desconsolado)

1. (transitive) to sadden, depress
2. (reflexive) to despair

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desconsolar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	desconsolar
Personal	desconsolar	desconsolares	desconsolar	desconsolarmos	desconsolardes	desconsolarem
Gerund
	desconsolando
Past participle
Masculine	desconsolado			desconsolados
Feminine	desconsolada			desconsoladas
Indicative
Present	desconsolo	desconsolas	desconsola	desconsolamos	desconsolais	desconsolam
Imperfect	desconsolava	desconsolavas	desconsolava	desconsolávamos	desconsoláveis	desconsolavam
Preterite	desconsolei	desconsolaste	desconsolou	desconsolamos1, desconsolámos2	desconsolastes	desconsolaram
Pluperfect	desconsolara	desconsolaras	desconsolara	desconsoláramos	desconsoláreis	desconsolaram
Future	desconsolarei	desconsolarás	desconsolará	desconsolaremos	desconsolareis	desconsolarão
Conditional	desconsolaria	desconsolarias	desconsolaria	desconsolaríamos	desconsolaríeis	desconsolariam
Subjunctive
Present	desconsole	desconsoles	desconsole	desconsolemos	desconsoleis	desconsolem
Imperfect	desconsolasse	desconsolasses	desconsolasse	desconsolássemos	desconsolásseis	desconsolassem
Future	desconsolar	desconsolares	desconsolar	desconsolarmos	desconsolardes	desconsolarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desconsola	desconsole	desconsolemos	desconsolai	desconsolem
Negative (não)		não desconsoles	não desconsole	não desconsolemos	não desconsoleis	não desconsolem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ consuelo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deskonsoˈlaɾ/ [d̪es.kõn.soˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧con‧so‧lar

Verb

desconsolar (first-person singular present desconsuelo, first-person singular preterite desconsolé, past participle desconsolado)

1. (transitive) to grieve, distress

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desconsolar (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desconsolar
gerund			desconsolando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desconsolado		desconsolada
		plural		desconsolados		desconsoladas
		singular			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
	present	desconsuelo	desconsuelastú desconsolásvos	desconsuela	desconsolamos	desconsoláis	desconsuelan
	imperfect	desconsolaba	desconsolabas	desconsolaba	desconsolábamos	desconsolabais	desconsolaban
	preterite	desconsolé	desconsolaste	desconsoló	desconsolamos	desconsolasteis	desconsolaron
	future	desconsolaré	desconsolarás	desconsolará	desconsolaremos	desconsolaréis	desconsolarán
	conditional	desconsolaría	desconsolarías	desconsolaría	desconsolaríamos	desconsolaríais	desconsolarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desconsuele	desconsuelestú desconsolésvos2	desconsuele	desconsolemos	desconsoléis	desconsuelen
	imperfect (ra)	desconsolara	desconsolaras	desconsolara	desconsoláramos	desconsolarais	desconsolaran
	imperfect (se)	desconsolase	desconsolases	desconsolase	desconsolásemos	desconsolaseis	desconsolasen
	future1	desconsolare	desconsolares	desconsolare	desconsoláremos	desconsolareis	desconsolaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desconsuelatú desconsolávos	desconsuele	desconsolemos	desconsolad	desconsuelen
	negative		no desconsueles	no desconsuele	no desconsolemos	no desconsoléis	no desconsuelen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of desconsolar (o-ue alternation)

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 desconsolar
	dative	desconsolarme	desconsolarte	desconsolarle, desconsolarse	desconsolarnos	desconsolaros	desconsolarles, desconsolarse
	accusative	desconsolarme	desconsolarte	desconsolarlo, desconsolarla, desconsolarse	desconsolarnos	desconsolaros	desconsolarlos, desconsolarlas, desconsolarse
with gerund desconsolando
	dative	desconsolándome	desconsolándote	desconsolándole, desconsolándose	desconsolándonos	desconsolándoos	desconsolándoles, desconsolándose
	accusative	desconsolándome	desconsolándote	desconsolándolo, desconsolándola, desconsolándose	desconsolándonos	desconsolándoos	desconsolándolos, desconsolándolas, desconsolándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative desconsuela
	dative	desconsuélame	desconsuélate	desconsuélale	desconsuélanos	not used	desconsuélales
	accusative	desconsuélame	desconsuélate	desconsuélalo, desconsuélala	desconsuélanos	not used	desconsuélalos, desconsuélalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative desconsolá
	dative	desconsolame	desconsolate	desconsolale	desconsolanos	not used	desconsolales
	accusative	desconsolame	desconsolate	desconsolalo, desconsolala	desconsolanos	not used	desconsolalos, desconsolalas
with formal second-person singular imperative desconsuele
	dative	desconsuéleme	not used	desconsuélele, desconsuélese	desconsuélenos	not used	desconsuéleles
	accusative	desconsuéleme	not used	desconsuélelo, desconsuélela, desconsuélese	desconsuélenos	not used	desconsuélelos, desconsuélelas
with first-person plural imperative desconsolemos
	dative	not used	desconsolémoste	desconsolémosle	desconsolémonos	desconsolémoos	desconsolémosles
	accusative	not used	desconsolémoste	desconsolémoslo, desconsolémosla	desconsolémonos	desconsolémoos	desconsolémoslos, desconsolémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative desconsolad
	dative	desconsoladme	not used	desconsoladle	desconsoladnos	desconsolaos	desconsoladles
	accusative	desconsoladme	not used	desconsoladlo, desconsoladla	desconsoladnos	desconsolaos	desconsoladlos, desconsoladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative desconsuelen
	dative	desconsuélenme	not used	desconsuélenle	desconsuélennos	not used	desconsuélenles, desconsuélense
	accusative	desconsuélenme	not used	desconsuélenlo, desconsuélenla	desconsuélennos	not used	desconsuélenlos, desconsuélenlas, desconsuélense

Related terms

• desconsolado

 

Further reading

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