disprezzare

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dispretiāre, derived from Latin pretium. Compare Portuguese desprezar, Spanish despreciar. See also deprezzare, from Latin depretio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dis.pretˈt͡sa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: di‧sprez‧zà‧re
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Verb

disprezzàre (first-person singular present disprèzzo, first-person singular past historic disprezzài, past participle disprezzàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to despise, to scorn, to disdain, to slight
  2. (by extension) to disregard

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See also

Further reading

  • disprezzare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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