desprezível
Portuguese
Etymology
From the non-standard suffixation desprezo (“contempt”) + -ível.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.pɾeˈzi.vew/ [des.pɾeˈzi.veʊ̯], /d͡ʒis.pɾeˈzi.vew/ [d͡ʒis.pɾeˈzi.veʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.pɾeˈzi.vew/ [deʃ.pɾeˈzi.veʊ̯], /d͡ʒiʃ.pɾeˈzi.vew/ [d͡ʒiʃ.pɾeˈzi.veʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.pɾeˈzi.vew/ [des.pɾeˈzi.veʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.vɛl/ [dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.vɛɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.bɛl/ [dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.βɛɫ]
- 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