desdenhar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French desdeignier. desdém +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.dẽˈɲa(ʁ)/
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /dez.dẽˈɲa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʒ.dẽˈɲa(ʁ)/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /dez.deˈɲa(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.dɨˈɲaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʒ.dɨˈɲa.ɾi/

Hyphenation: des‧de‧nhar

Verb

desdenhar (first-person singular present desdenho, first-person singular preterite desdenhei, past participle desdenhado)

to despise; to detest

Conjugation

Conjugation of desdenhar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	desdenhar
Personal	desdenhar	desdenhares	desdenhar	desdenharmos	desdenhardes	desdenharem
Gerund
	desdenhando
Past participle
Masculine	desdenhado			desdenhados
Feminine	desdenhada			desdenhadas
Indicative
Present	desdenho	desdenhas	desdenha	desdenhamos	desdenhais	desdenham
Imperfect	desdenhava	desdenhavas	desdenhava	desdenhávamos	desdenháveis	desdenhavam
Preterite	desdenhei	desdenhaste	desdenhou	desdenhamos¹, desdenhámos²	desdenhastes	desdenharam
Pluperfect	desdenhara	desdenharas	desdenhara	desdenháramos	desdenháreis	desdenharam
Future	desdenharei	desdenharás	desdenhará	desdenharemos	desdenhareis	desdenharão
Conditional	desdenharia	desdenharias	desdenharia	desdenharíamos	desdenharíeis	desdenhariam
Subjunctive
Present	desdenhe	desdenhes	desdenhe	desdenhemos	desdenheis	desdenhem
Imperfect	desdenhasse	desdenhasses	desdenhasse	desdenhássemos	desdenhásseis	desdenhassem
Future	desdenhar	desdenhares	desdenhar	desdenharmos	desdenhardes	desdenharem
Imperative
Affirmative		desdenha	desdenhe	desdenhemos	desdenhai	desdenhem
Negative (não)		não desdenhes	não desdenhe	não desdenhemos	não desdenheis	não desdenhem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

desdenhoso

Further reading

“desdenhar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

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