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desprezo.

contempt; disdain (the act of regarding someone or something as worthless)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/desˈpɾe.zu/Brazil/d͡ʒisˈpɾe.zu/Brazil/deʃˈpɾe.zu/Rio-de-Janeiro/d͡ʒiʃˈpɾe.zu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. contempt; disdain (the act of regarding someone or something as worthless)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Old Galician-Portuguese des- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *-ti ? Proto-Indo-European *próti Proto-Italic *pretjom Latin pretium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Late Latin pretiāre Old Galician-Portuguese preçar Old Galician-Portuguese despreçar Portuguese desprezardeverb. Portuguese desprezo Deverbal from desprezar.

verb/desˈpɾɛ.zu/Brazil/d͡ʒisˈpɾɛ.zu/Brazil/deʃˈpɾɛ.zu/Rio-de-Janeiro/d͡ʒiʃˈpɾɛ.zu/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. first-person singular present indicative of desprezar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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