estigmatizar

to stigmatize

estigmatizar(ehs-teeg-mah-tee-sahr)

transitive verb

1. (to defame)

a. to stigmatize

Las víctimas de la violencia doméstica eran a menudo estigmatizadas por sus familias y la sociedad en general.

Victims of domestic violence were often stigmatized by their families and society at large.

b. to stigmatise

(United Kingdom)

El periodista asegura no haber expresado antes su opinión por miedo a ser estigmatizado.

The journalist maintains he hadn't expressed his opinion before for fear to be stigmatised.

2. (to mark)

a. to brand

Algunos de los esclavos habían sido estigmatizados con un hierro candente, como si fueran ganado.

Some of the slaves had been branded with a hot iron, as if they were cattle.