discredit
discredit(
dihs
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kreh
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diht
)A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g., I bought a book.).
a. refutar
The article in the newspaper discredits the vice president's statement.El artículo en el periódico refuta la declaración del vicepresidente.
b. rebatir
The documents Brenda shared with us completely discredit Manuel's accusations.Los documentos que Brenda compartió con nosotros rebaten por completo las acusaciones de Manuel.
c. desacreditar
Our experimental results managed to discredit many prevailing theories in the field.Los resultados de nuestro experimento lograron desacreditar muchas teorías en el campo.
a. desacreditar
The defense attorneys did everything to discredit the prosecution's witnesses.Los abogados defensores hicieron todo para desacreditar los testigos de la acusación.
b. desprestigiar
They couldn't argue with her logic, so they tried to discredit her with false rumors.No pudieron discutir con su lógica, así que trataron de desprestigiarla con falsos rumores.
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
3. (disgrace)
a. el descrédito (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
The professor fell into discredit when his colleagues learned of his plagiarism.El profesor cayó en el descrédito cuando sus colegas se enteraron de su plagio.
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