menysprear
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From menyspreu (“contempt”) + -ar. Compare Spanish menospreciar.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˌmɛɲs.pɾeˈa]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˌmeɲs.pɾeˈa]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˌmeɲs.pɾeˈaɾ]
Verb[edit]
menysprear (first-person singular present menyspreo, first-person singular preterite menyspreí, past participle menyspreat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencian) /e/
- (transitive) to look down on, regard with contempt
- (transitive) to despise
- (transitive) to reject
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of menysprear (first conjugation)
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- menyspreable (adjective)
- menyspreador (adjective)
- menyspreament m
- menyspreança f
- menyspreu m
Further reading[edit]
- “menysprear” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “menysprear”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “menysprear” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “menysprear” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.