desprezar

From Old Galician-Portuguese despreçar, des- +‎ preçar, from preciar (“to price, to hold dear”), from Latin pretium (“price”); or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *dispretiāre. Compare English depreciate, also Spanish despreciar, Italian disprezzare.

• IPA^(key):

desprezar (first-person singular present desprezo, first-person singular preterite desprecei, past participle desprezado)
desprezar (first-person singular present desprezo, first-person singular preterite desprezei, past participle desprezado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (pronominal, archaic) to devalue, depreciate
2. (transitive) to despise (regard with contempt or scorn)
3. (transitive) to neglect, slight

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “despreçar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “despre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “desprezar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “desprezar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

From Old Galician-Portuguese despreçar, des- +‎ preçar, from preciar (“to price, to hold dear”), from Latin pretium (“price”), from Proto-Indo-European *preti- (“back”); or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *dispretiāre. Compare English depreciate, also Spanish despreciar, Italian disprezzare.

• Hyphenation: des‧pre‧zar

desprezar (first-person singular present desprezo, first-person singular preterite desprezei, past participle desprezado)

1. to despise (regard with contempt or scorn)

   Synonyms: aviltar, menosprezar, rebaixar

   Antonyms: adorar, gostar

2. to ignore

   Synonyms: desconsiderar, ignorar

   Antonyms: levar em conta, prezar