descontentar
Catalan
Etymology
From descontent + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [dəs.kun.tənˈta]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [dəs.kon.tənˈta]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [des.kon.tenˈtaɾ]
Verb
descontentar (first-person singular present descontento, first-person singular preterite descontentí, past participle descontentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
- (transitive) to displease, dissatisfy
Conjugation
Conjugation of descontentar (first conjugation)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “descontentar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “descontentar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “descontentar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “descontentar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Etymology
From descontente + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kõ.tẽˈta(ʁ)/ [des.kõ.tẽˈta(h)], /d͡ʒis.kõ.tẽˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒis.kõ.tẽˈta(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.kõ.tẽˈta(ɾ)/, /d͡ʒis.kõ.tẽˈta(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.kõ.tẽˈta(ʁ)/ [deʃ.kõ.tẽˈta(χ)], /d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.tẽˈta(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒiʃ.kõ.tẽˈta(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.kõ.tẽˈta(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.tẽˈtaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.kõ.tẽˈta.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: des‧con‧ten‧tar
Verb
descontentar (first-person singular present descontento, first-person singular preterite descontentei, past participle descontentado)
- (transitive) to displease, dissatisfy
Conjugation
Conjugation of descontentar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
Spanish
Etymology
From descontento + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deskontenˈtaɾ/ [d̪es.kõn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: des‧con‧ten‧tar
Verb
descontentar (first-person singular present descontento, first-person singular preterite descontenté, past participle descontentado)
- (transitive) to displease, dissatisfy
- Synonyms: disgustar, desagradar
Conjugation
Conjugation of descontentar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of descontentar
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 descontentar | dative | descontentarme | descontentarte | descontentarle, descontentarse | descontentarnos | descontentaros | descontentarles, descontentarse |
| accusative | descontentarme | descontentarte | descontentarlo, descontentarla, descontentarse | descontentarnos | descontentaros | descontentarlos, descontentarlas, descontentarse | |
| with gerund descontentando | dative | descontentándome | descontentándote | descontentándole, descontentándose | descontentándonos | descontentándoos | descontentándoles, descontentándose |
| accusative | descontentándome | descontentándote | descontentándolo, descontentándola, descontentándose | descontentándonos | descontentándoos | descontentándolos, descontentándolas, descontentándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative descontenta | dative | desconténtame | desconténtate | desconténtale | desconténtanos | not used | desconténtales |
| accusative | desconténtame | desconténtate | desconténtalo, desconténtala | desconténtanos | not used | desconténtalos, desconténtalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative descontentá | dative | descontentame | descontentate | descontentale | descontentanos | not used | descontentales |
| accusative | descontentame | descontentate | descontentalo, descontentala | descontentanos | not used | descontentalos, descontentalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative descontente | dative | desconténteme | not used | desconténtele, desconténtese | desconténtenos | not used | desconténteles |
| accusative | desconténteme | not used | desconténtelo, desconténtela, desconténtese | desconténtenos | not used | desconténtelos, desconténtelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative descontentemos | dative | not used | descontentémoste | descontentémosle | descontentémonos | descontentémoos | descontentémosles |
| accusative | not used | descontentémoste | descontentémoslo, descontentémosla | descontentémonos | descontentémoos | descontentémoslos, descontentémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative descontentad | dative | descontentadme | not used | descontentadle | descontentadnos | descontentaos | descontentadles |
| accusative | descontentadme | not used | descontentadlo, descontentadla | descontentadnos | descontentaos | descontentadlos, descontentadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative descontenten | dative | desconténtenme | not used | desconténtenle | desconténtennos | not used | desconténtenles, desconténtense |
| accusative | desconténtenme | not used | desconténtenlo, desconténtenla | desconténtennos | not used | desconténtenlos, desconténtenlas, desconténtense | |
Derived terms
Further reading
- “descontentar”, 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