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desmaiar.

to lose heart, to falter

8 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[dəz.məˈja]Balearic, Central, Northern[dez.maˈjaɾ]Valencia[dez.maˈja]Northwestern

  1. to lose heart, to falter

    intransitive

  2. to faint

    intransitive · pronominal
Where this word comes from

Probably from Vulgar Latin *exmagāre (“deprive of power or strength”), from ex- + *magare (“to enable; empower”), from Frankish *magan, *mugan (“to be able”), from Proto-Germanic *maganą. Compare Old French esmaier, Old Occitan esmaiar, Portuguese esmagar, Spanish amagar, Spanish esmayar.

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