menospreciar
Spanish
verb
Definitions
- to belittle, to disparage, to despise, scorn, to look down on, to demean
- to underestimate, to undervalue, to downplay
Etymology
Compound from Spanish, Castilian menos + Spanish, Castilian preciar.
Origin
Spanish
preciar
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- minus Latin
- despreciar Spanish, Castilian
- menos Spanish, Castilian
- menoscabar Spanish, Castilian
- menoscabo Spanish, Castilian
- preciar Spanish, Castilian
- minos Cebuano