desprezar

Portuguese

/des.pɾe.ˈza(ɻ)/

verb
Definitions
  • to despise regard with contempt or scorn
  • to ignore

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese despreçar affix from Portuguese preçar inherited from Latin pretium (price, reward, worth, money spent, wages, value) derived from Proto-Indo-European *preti- (back) inherited from Latin *dispretiāre.

Origin

Latin

*dispretiāre

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