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1 desacreditar
• bring into disrepute• disparage -
2 desprestigiar
• bring into disrepute• damage the prestige of• disparage -
3 desacreditar
v.to discredit.Ella desacredita a Ricardo She discredits Richard.Ella desacreditó a su amiga She discredited=debunked her friend.El político desacreditó al oponente The politician discredited his opponent* * *1 to discredit, bring discredit on, bring into discredit* * *verb* * *1.VT [+ político, gobierno] to discredit2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < persona> to discredit; <buen nombre/institución> to discredit, bring... into disreputeb) < teoría> to discredit2.desacreditarse v pron (refl) to discredit oneself, damage one's reputation* * *= discredit, denigrate, debunk, bring + Nombre + into disrepute, disgrace, taint.Ex. Such circulation may contribute little to the creation of whole personalities but it may do much to discredit the circulators.Ex. This is not to denigrate such writing, much of which is extremely valuable.Ex. Process reengineering is in the debunking phase of its life cycle - an evolutionary pattern in which management ideas and techniques are first presented as panaceas for business success and subsequently debunked as worthless.Ex. This article considers the danger that inherent bias in such research might bring library and information science research into disrepute.Ex. The League of Nations was a comically ham-handed debacle which collapsed in complete failure, disgracing all who were associated with it.Ex. This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.----* desacreditarse = come into + disrepute, fall into + disrepute.* desacreditar un mito = debunk + a myth.* estar desacreditado = hold in + disrepute.* * *1.verbo transitivoa) < persona> to discredit; <buen nombre/institución> to discredit, bring... into disreputeb) < teoría> to discredit2.desacreditarse v pron (refl) to discredit oneself, damage one's reputation* * *= discredit, denigrate, debunk, bring + Nombre + into disrepute, disgrace, taint.Ex: Such circulation may contribute little to the creation of whole personalities but it may do much to discredit the circulators.
Ex: This is not to denigrate such writing, much of which is extremely valuable.Ex: Process reengineering is in the debunking phase of its life cycle - an evolutionary pattern in which management ideas and techniques are first presented as panaceas for business success and subsequently debunked as worthless.Ex: This article considers the danger that inherent bias in such research might bring library and information science research into disrepute.Ex: The League of Nations was a comically ham-handed debacle which collapsed in complete failure, disgracing all who were associated with it.Ex: This article shows how the dowdy and boring image of the stereotypical librarian as presented in fiction, taints the portrayal of all who work in libraries.* desacreditarse = come into + disrepute, fall into + disrepute.* desacreditar un mito = debunk + a myth.* estar desacreditado = hold in + disrepute.* * *desacreditar [A1 ]vtesos rumores lo han desacreditado mucho those rumors have done his reputation a great deal of harm o have seriously damaged his reputationla oposición intentó desacreditarlo the opposition tried to discredit him( refl) to discredit oneself, damage one's reputation* * *
desacreditar ( conjugate desacreditar) verbo transitivo
to discredit
desacreditarse verbo pronominal ( refl) to discredit oneself, damage one's reputation
desacreditar verbo transitivo (desprestigiar) to discredit, bring into discredit
' desacreditar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
descalificar
English:
discredit
- disgrace
- disparage
- debunk
- disrepute
* * *♦ vtto discredit;hubo una campaña para desacreditarla there was a campaign to discredit her;este nuevo fracaso lo desacredita como político this latest failure has destroyed his credibility as a politician;su actuación ha desacreditado al partido his behaviour has brought the party into disrepute* * *v/t discredit* * *desacreditar vtdesprestigiar: to discredit, to disgrace -
4 Misskredit
m discredit, disrepute; in Misskredit bringen bring discredit upon, bring into disrepute; in Misskredit kommen oder geraten fall into disrepute, get (o.s. oder itself) a bad name* * *Mịss|kre|dit [-kre'diːt]m no pldiscreditin Misskredit geraten or kommen — to be discredited
* * *Miss·kre·ditRR, Miß·kre·ditALT[ˈmɪskredi:t]jdn/etw [bei jdm] in \Misskredit bringen to bring sb/sth into discredit [with sb], to bring discredit on sb/sthin \Misskredit geraten to become discredited* * *der injemanden/etwas in Misskredit bringen — bring somebody/something into discredit; bring discredit on somebody/something
* * *Misskredit m discredit, disrepute;in Misskredit bringen bring discredit upon, bring into disrepute;* * *der injemanden/etwas in Misskredit bringen — bring somebody/something into discredit; bring discredit on somebody/something
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5 déshonorer
déshonorer [dezɔnɔʀe]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb2. reflexive verb► se déshonorer to disgrace o.s.* * *dezɔnɔʀe
1.
1) ( apporter le déshonneur à) to bring disgrace on [personne, famille]; to bring [something] into disrepute [doctrine, pays]2) (dated) ( séduire) to dishonour [BrE] [femme, jeune fille]
2.
se déshonorer verbe pronominal to disgrace oneself* * *dezɔnɔʀe vtto dishonour Grande-Bretagne to dishonor USA to bring disgrace on* * *déshonorer verb table: aimerA vtr1 ( apporter le déshonneur à) to bring disgrace on [personne, famille]; to bring [sth] into disrepute [doctrine, pays]; se sentir déshonoré to feel disgraced; être déshonoré to be in disgrace;3 †( séduire) to dishonourGB [femme, jeune fille].B se déshonorer vpr to disgrace oneself.[dezɔnɔre] verbe transitif2. (littéraire) [abuser de - femme, jeune fille] to ruin3. (littéraire) [lieu, monument] to spoil ou to ruin the look of————————se déshonorer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi) -
6 desprestigiar
v.1 to discredit.María desprestigió el producto Mary discredited the product.2 to slander, to bring into disrepute, to discredit, to disrepute.María desprestigió al alcalde Mary slandered the mayor.* * *1 to discredit, ruin the reputation of1 to lose one's prestige, lose one's good reputation* * *1. VT1) (=criticar) to disparage, run down2) (=desacreditar) to discredittus meteduras de pata desprestigian a toda la profesión — your faux pas tarnish the reputation of our whole profession
2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo to discredit2.desprestigiarse v pron persona/producto/empresa to lose prestigese ha desprestigiado como abogado — his reputation o prestige as a lawyer has been damaged
* * *= vilify, smear.Ex. Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.Ex. As a result of this policy hundreds of priests have been been suspended from ministry and have had their names publicly smeared without proof or even credible evidence.----* desprestigiarse = lose + face.* * *1.verbo transitivo to discredit2.desprestigiarse v pron persona/producto/empresa to lose prestigese ha desprestigiado como abogado — his reputation o prestige as a lawyer has been damaged
* * *= vilify, smear.Ex: Robert Kent's sole agenda is to attack Cuba and vilify the Cuban library community while supporting the US government's interventionist destabilization policies.
Ex: As a result of this policy hundreds of priests have been been suspended from ministry and have had their names publicly smeared without proof or even credible evidence.* desprestigiarse = lose + face.* * *desprestigiar [A1 ]vtto discreditlas luchas internas han desprestigiado al partido internal disputes have discredited the party o damaged the party's prestige«persona/producto/empresa» to lose prestigela compañía se desprestigió con ese producto that product gave the company a bad name o damaged the company's prestigese ha desprestigiado como abogado his reputation o prestige o good name as a lawyer has been damaged o has suffered* * *
desprestigiar ( conjugate desprestigiar) verbo transitivo
to discredit
desprestigiarse verbo pronominal [persona/producto/empresa] to lose prestige
desprestigiar verbo transitivo to discredit, run down
' desprestigiar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desacreditar
- sambenito
- señalar
English:
smear
* * *♦ vtto discredit;aquello lo desprestigió ante la opinión pública that discredited him in the eyes of the public* * *v/t discredit* * *desacreditar: to discredit, to disgrace -
7 miskredit
discredit, disrepute* * *:### [ bringe i miskredit] bring into disrepute, bring discredit on;[ komme i miskredit] fall into disrepute;[ komme i miskredit hos dem] forfeit their good opinion, get into bad odour with them. -
8 навлечь дурную славу
1) General subject: bring into discredit, (на кого-л. что-л.) bring into disrepute2) Makarov: fall into disreputeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > навлечь дурную славу
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9 ozloglasiti
vt pf give a bad name/reputation, make notorious/infamous, bring into disrepute, defame* * *• bring into disrepute• decry -
10 īnfāmō
īnfāmō āvī, ātus, āre [infamis], to bring into ill repute, disgrace, dishonor, defame: aliorum iniuriam: hunc infamatum, branded, N.: infamandae rei causā, of making notorious, L.* * *infamare, infamavi, infamatus Vbring into disrepute; defame -
11 discréditer
discréditer [diskʀedite]➭ TABLE 11. transitive verb2. reflexive verb► se discréditer [personne] to bring discredit upon o.s. (aux yeux de qn, auprès de qn in sb's eyes)* * *diskʀedite
1.
verbe transitif to discredit
2.
se discréditer verbe pronominal to discredit oneself (auprès de quelqu'un, aux yeux de quelqu'un in somebody's eyes)* * *diskʀedite vt* * *discréditer verb table: aimerA vtr to discredit.B se discréditer vpr1 ( se déconsidérer) to discredit oneself (auprès de qn, aux yeux de qn in sb's eyes);2 ( se dévaloriser) to become discredited.[diskredite] verbe transitif————————se discréditer verbe pronominal (emploi réfléchi)[personne] to bring discredit upon oneself————————se discréditer verbe pronominal intransitif[idée, pratique] to become discredited -
12 навлечь (на кого-л . что-л.) дурную славу
General subject: bring into disreputeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > навлечь (на кого-л . что-л.) дурную славу
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13 причинять ущерб репутации
Business: bring into disreputeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > причинять ущерб репутации
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14 способствовать приобретению сомнительной репутации
General subject: bring into disreputeУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > способствовать приобретению сомнительной репутации
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15 bringe i vanry
verb. bring into disrepute, discredit -
16 itibardan düşürmek
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17 порочить
(кого-л./что-л.)
1) (позорить)
defile, defame, cover with shame, denigrate, blacken, bring into disrepute; smear разг.
2) discredit; derogate (from)* * ** * *defile, defame, cover with shame, denigrate* * *asperseattaintbesmearbesmirchbespatterblemishcensuredisgracemudsoilvilify -
18 порочить
несовер. - порочить; совер. - опорочить1) ( позорить)defile, defame, cover with shame, denigrate, blacken, bring into disrepute; smear разг.2) discredit; derogate (from) -
19 differo
dif-fĕro, distŭli, dīlātum, differre ( inf. differrier, Lucr. 1, 1088. In tmesi:I.disque tulissent,
Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14), v. a. and n.Act., to carry different ways; to spread abroad, scatter, disperse, separate (cf.: reicere, proferre, procrastinare, producere, ampliare, prorogare—class.).A.Lit.:B.scintillas agere ac late differre favillam,
Lucr. 2, 675; cf.:favillam longe (ventus),
id. 6, 692:nubila (vis venti),
id. 1, 273; Verg. G. 3, 197:ignem (ventus),
Caes. B. C. 2, 14, 2:casae venti magnitudine ignem distulerunt,
id. B. G. 5, 43, 2:majorem partem classis (vis Africi),
Vell. 2, 79, 2:rudentes fractosque remos (Eurus),
Hor. Epod. 10, 6 et saep.; cf. Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14:nos cum scapha tempestas dextrovorsum Differt ab illis,
id. Rud. 2, 3, 39; cf. Lucr. 1, 1088: cytisum, to plant apart, in separate rows = disserere, digerere, Varr. R. R. 1, 43; Col. 11, 3, 30 sq.; 38; 42 al.; cf.:ulmos in versum,
Verg. G. 4, 144:ut formicae frustillatim (te) differant,
Plaut. Curc. 4, 4, 20; cf.:insepulta membra (lupi),
Hor. Epod. 5, 99; and:Mettum in diversa (quadrigae),
Verg. A. 8, 643. —Trop.1.To distract, disquiet, disturb a person (only ante-class.): vorsor in amoris rota miser, Exanimor, feror, differor, distrahor, diripior, Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 5:2.differor clamore,
id. Ep. 1, 2, 15:cupidine ejus,
id. Poen. 1, 1, 28; cf.:amore istius,
id. Mil. 4, 4, 27:laetitia,
id. Truc. 4, 1, 3:doloribus,
Ter. Ad. 3, 4, 40.—Less freq. act.:aliquem dictis,
to confound, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 125; cf. Ter. And. 2, 4, 5 Ruhnk.—To spread abroad, publish, divulge; with a personal object, to cry down, to defame (mostly anteclass. and post-Aug.; not in Cic., Caes., or Sall.).(α).With acc. rei: cum de me ista foris sermonibus differs, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 16; cf.:(β).rumores famam differant licebit nosque carpant,
Varr. ib. 18:commissam libertatem populo Rom. sermonibus,
Liv. 34, 49:promissum jus anulorum fama distulit,
Suet. Caes. 33.—With acc. and inf.:ne mi hanc famam differant, Me dedidisse, etc.,
Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 63; Ter. Heaut. prol. 16; Nep. Dion. 10; Val. Fl. 1, 753.—With quasi and dependent clause:rumore ab obtrectatoribus dilato, quasi eundem mox et discruciatum necasset,
Suet. Aug. 14 et saep.— Pass. impers.:quo pertinuit differri etiam per externos, tamquam veneno interceptus esset,
Tac. A. 3, 12; cf. id. ib. 4, 25.—With acc. pers.:3.aliquem pipulo,
Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 32 (cf. Varr. L. L. 7, § 103 Müll., and see pipulum): aliquem maledicendo sermonibus, Lucil. ap. Non. 284, 24:dominos variis rumoribus,
Tac. A. 1, 4:te circum omnes alias puellas,
to bring into disrepute with them, Prop. 1, 4, 22.—In the pass.: differor sermone miser, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 93, 10:alterna differor invidia,
Prop. 1, 16, 48.—With reference to time, to defer, put off, protract, delay any thing; with a personal object also to put off, amuse with promises, get rid of (class. and very freq.).(α).With acc. rei:(β).cetera praesenti sermoni reserventur: hoc tamen non queo differre, etc.,
Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 8:differre quotidie ac procrastinare rem,
id. Rosc. Am. 9 fin.:saepe vadimonia,
id. Quint. 5 fin.:iter in praesentia,
Caes. B. C. 3, 85, 4:pleraque (with omittere in praesens tempus),
Hor. A. P. 44:distulit ira sitim,
Ov. M. 6, 366 et saep.:differri jam hora non potest,
Cic. Phil. 6, 7, 19:tempus,
id. ib. 8, 8; id. Prov. Cons. 11 fin.; Liv. 3, 46; Ov. M. 1, 724 al.:diem de die,
Liv. 25, 25 et saep.—With inf.:quaerere distuli,
Hor. Od. 4, 4, 21; so Liv. 42, 2 (but not Suet. Caes. 81, where agere belongs to proposuerat, cf. id. Aug. 72; id. Calig. 49).—With quin:nihil dilaturi, quin periculum summae rerum facerent,
Liv. 6, 22 fin.; so Suet. Caes. 4; with in and acc.:reliqua in crastinum,
Cic. Rep. 2, 44 fin.:in posterum diem,
id. Deiot. 7, 21; cf. Caes. B. C. 1, 65 fin.:in posterum,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 32; Caes. B. G. 7, 11, 5:in aliud tempus,
Cic. Brut. 87; Caes. B. C. 1, 86, 2:in adventum tuum,
Cic. Fam. 2, 3 fin.:diem edicti in a. d. IV. Kal. Dec.,
id. Phil. 3, 8, 20:curandi tempus in annum,
Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 39 et saep. — Poet.:tropaea in pueros suos,
to reserve for, Prop. 4, 6, 82.—Rarely with ad:aliquid ad crudelitatis tempus,
Cic. Vat. 11 fin.; cf. the foll.—With acc. pers.:(γ).sin autem differs me in tempus aliud,
Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 10; Liv. 26, 51; 41, 8:differri non posse adeo concitatos animos,
id. 7, 14:dilatus per frustrationem,
id. 25, 25; cf.:aliquem variis frustrationibus,
Just. 9, 6 fin.:Campanos,
Liv. 26, 33:aliquem petentem,
Suet. Vesp. 23 Ern.:caros amicos (opp. properare),
Mart. 13, 55 et saep.— Poet.: vivacem anum, to preserve alive, i. e. to postpone her death, Ov. M. 13, 519; cf.:decimum dilatus in annum (belli) Hector erat,
id. ib. 12, 76:aliquem in spem impetrandi tandem honoris,
Liv. 39, 32:aliquem in septimum diem,
Suet. Tib. 32; id. Caes. 82 Oud.; id. Aug. 44 fin. et saep.— Rarely with ad:legati ad novos magistratus dilati,
Liv. 41, 8:aliquem ad finem muneris,
Suet. Vit. 12:quas (legationes) par tim dato responso ex itinere dimisit, partim distulit Tarraconem,
Liv. 26, 51.—Once with post:aliquid post bellum differre,
Liv. 4, 6, 4.—Absol. Prov.: differ;II.habent parvae commoda magna morae,
Ov. F. 3, 394.Neut., to differ, be different (esp. freq. since the Ciceron. period—cf.:(β).discrepare, distare, interesse): qui re consentientes vocabulis differebant,
Cic. Fin. 4, 2 fin.; cf.:naturis differunt, voluntate autem similes sunt,
id. de Or. 2, 23: verbo [p. 575] differre, re esse unum, id. Caecin. 21, 59:distare aliquid aut ex aliqua parte differre,
id. ib. 14:nihil aut non fere multum differre,
id. Brut. 40 fin.:paulum differre,
id. Agr. 2, 31, 85 et saep.:nec quicquam differre, utrumne... an, etc.,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 251; cf.:quid enim differt, barathrone Dones quicquid habes, an? etc.,
id. ib. 166.—With ab:(γ).ita ut pauxillum differat a cavillulis,
Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 18:quidnam esset illud, quo ipsi (poëtae) differrent ab oratoribus,
Cic. Or. 19, 66; id. Off. 1, 27 fin.:quid hoc ab illo differt?
id. Caecin. 14:non multum ab hostili expugnatione,
id. de Imp. Pomp. 5 fin.:multum a Gallica consuetudine,
Caes. B. G. 5, 14; cf. ib. 6, 21; 6, 28, 5:hoc fere ab reliquis differunt, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 6, 18, 3 et saep.—With inter (esp. impers.):(δ).si nihil inter deum et deum differt,
Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 80; id. Off. 1, 28, 99; id. Fin. 4, 25, 70:nequid inter privatum et magistratum differat,
id. Rep. 1, 43:ut non multum differat inter summos et mediocres viros,
id. Off. 2, 8, 30: multa sunt alia, quae inter locum et locum plurimum differunt (for which, shortly before, inter locorum naturas quantum intersit), id. Fat. 4:haec cogitatione inter se differunt, re quidem copulata sunt,
id. Tusc. 4, 11: inter se aliqua re, id. Opt. gen. 2, 6; id. N. D. 1, 7, 16; Caes. B. G. 1, 1, 2; 6, 11, 1; Quint. 12, 10, 22; 34; 67 et saep.:quae quidem inter se plurimum differunt,
id. 5, 14, 27.—Rarely with cum:(ε).occasio cum tempore hoc differt,
Cic. Inv. 1, 27:hoc genus causae cum superiore hoc differt, quod, etc.,
id. ib. 2, 30, 92 Orell. N. cr. —Likewise rarely, differre in aliqua re, Lucr. 3, 314; Nep. Ages. 7 fin. —(ζ).Rarely, and only poet. or in post-Aug. prose, with dat.:quod pede certo Differt sermoni sermo merus,
Hor. S. 1, 4, 48:tragico differre colori,
id. A. P. 236; Quint. 2, 21, 10; Plin. 9, 35, 54, § 107; cf. id. 9, 8, 7, § 23.—Hence, diffĕ-rens, entis, P. a., different, superior:differentius nomen,
a more excellent name, Vulg. Heb. 1, 4; in Quintilian subst. n. (opp. proprium), a difference, Quint. 5, 10, 55; 58; 6, 3, 66; 7, 3, 3; 25 sq.— -
20 infamia
infāmĭa, ae, f. (infamis], ill fame, ill report of a person or thing; bad repute, dishonor, disgrace, infamy (class.; cf.:ignominia, opprobrium): hominum immortalis est infamia,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 27:in infamiam populo ponere,
id. Trin. 3, 3, 11:atque indignitas rei,
Caes. B. G. 7, 56:haec res est mihi infamiae,
Ter. And. 2, 6, 13:illa indicia senatoria operta dedecore et infamia,
Cic. Clu. 22, 61:ignominiam et infamiam ferre,
id. Tusc. 4, 20, 45:in summa infamia esse,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 18:flagrare infamiā,
Cic. Att. 4, 18, 2:infamia notatur qui ab exercitu ignominiae causa dimissus erit,
Dig. 3, 2, 1:ictus fustium infamiam non importat,
ib. 3, 2, 22:aspergi,
Nep. Alc. 3:urgeri,
Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 36:ex infamia eripere,
id. ib. 2, 3, 60, §140: de re aliqua infamiam capere,
Hirt. B. G. 8, 30:colligere,
Just. 3, 4:habere,
Caes. B. G. 6, 22:irrogare alicui,
Dig. 3, 2, 13:inferre,
Cic. Lael. 18, 42:movere,
Liv. 44, 25, 12:ferre alicui,
Tac. A. 14, 22:sarcire,
to repair, Caes. B. C. 3, 74:libellos ad infamiam alicujus edere,
Suet. Aug. 55:trahere aliquid ad infamiam,
to bring into disrepute, to give a bad name to a thing, Tac. A. 12, 4:Cacus Aventinae timor atque infamia silvae,
Ov. F. 1, 551:saecli,
disgrace of the age, id. M. 8, 97:pecuniae,
the disgrace of avarice, Vell. 2, 33, 2:quid enim salvis infamia nummis?
Juv. 1, 48.— Plur.:si ad paupertatem admigrant infamiae, Gravior paupertas fit,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 19; Tac. A. 4, 33.
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