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Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *dispretiāre, derived from Latin pretium. Compare Portuguese desprezar, Spanish despreciar. See also deprezzare, from Latin depretio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.spretˈt͡sa.re/
- Rhymes: -are
- Hyphenation: di‧sprez‧zà‧re
Verb
disprezzàre (first-person singular present disprèzzo, first-person singular past historic disprezzài, past participle disprezzàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)
- to despise, to scorn, to disdain, to slight
- (by extension) to disregard
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Further reading
- disprezzare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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