Polyglot Dictionary

desestimar

/desestiˈmaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
desestimo
preterite (yo)
desestimé
past participle
desestimado

Meaning

  1. to reject

    • Desestimaron la demanda.

      They dismissed the claim.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Punctual Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

rechazar

desestimar is more formal, often legal, like dismissing a case or claim; rechazar is the general, everyday word "to reject."

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

indeferir

indeferir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to reject."

Portuguese

rejeitar

rejeitar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to reject."

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