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desprecio

to scorn

verb

desprecio
masculine noun
1. scorn, contempt (desdén)
  • una mirada/un gesto de desprecio -> a scornful o contemptuous look/gesture
  • con desprecio -> contemptuously, with contempt
2. snub (acto despreciativo)
  • hacer un desprecio a alguien -> to snub somebody
3. disregard (desinterés)
  • muestran un desprecio olímpico por los derechos humanos -> they show complete disregard for human rights

desprecio [des-pray’-the-o]
noun
1. Disregard, scorn, contempt, despising, neglect, contumely, irrision. (m)
  • Lo miró con desprecio -> he looked at it contemptuously
2. Dispraise. (m)

desprecio
1 (desdén) scorn; contempt
lo miró con desprecio she looked at him contemptuously
2 (desaire) slight; snub
le hicieron el desprecio de no acudir they snubbed him by not coming

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