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GALICIAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

desprezar.

to devalue, depreciate

9 characters3 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb/despɾeˈθaɾ/[d̪es̺.pɾeˈθaɾ]/despɾeˈθaɾ/standard[d̪es̺.pɾeˈθaɾ]standard
  1. to devalue, depreciate

    archaic · pronominal
  2. to despise (regard with contempt or scorn)

    transitive
  3. to neglect, slight

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese despreçar, des- + preçar, from preciar (“to price, to hold dear”), from Latin pretium (“price”); or possibly through a Vulgar Latin *dispretiāre. Compare English depreciate, also Spanish despreciar, Italian disprezzare.

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