menysprear
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Catalan
Etymology
From menyspreu (“contempt”) + -ar. Compare Spanish menospreciar.
Pronunciation
Verb
menysprear (first-person singular present menyspreo, first-person singular preterite menyspreí, past participle menyspreat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/
- (transitive) to look down on, regard with contempt
- (transitive) to despise
- (transitive) to reject
Conjugation
Conjugation of menysprear (first conjugation)
Synonyms
Related terms
- menyspreable (adjective)
- menyspreador (adjective)
- menyspreament m
- menyspreança f
- menyspreu m
Further reading
- “menysprear” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “menysprear”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “menysprear” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “menysprear” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.