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deseer

to cease wanting

verb deh-seh-EHR Rare

Usage Note

Deseer is a rare, non-standard antonym of desear (to wish, to desire), barely attested in modern Spanish. Most speakers would say no desear or dejar de desear instead. Treat it as marginal rather than everyday vocabulary.

Examples

"Llegó a deseer lo que tanto había pedido."

Natural Translation

He came to not want what he had asked for so much.

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