desprezível

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Portuguese

Etymology

From the non-standard suffixation desprezo (“contempt”) +‎ -ível.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.pɾeˈzi.vew/ , /d͡ʒis.pɾeˈzi.vew/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.pɾeˈzi.vew/ , /d͡ʒiʃ.pɾeˈzi.vew/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.pɾeˈzi.vew/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.vɛl/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.bɛl/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ivɛl
Hyphenation: des‧pre‧zí‧vel

Adjective

desprezível m or f (plural desprezíveis, comparable, comparative mais desprezível, superlative o mais desprezível or desprezibilíssimo)

despicable (deserving to be despised)
Synonyms: abjeto, menosprezável, desdenhável, despiciendo
insignificant, negligible
Synonym: insignificante

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