La Palabra del Día : el desprecio
el desprecio - (noun) disdain, scorn, contempt, disregard; snub, slight
Post your sentences in Spanish and English, then vote for the ones you like. The best answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the greatest number of votes and language correctness.
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Algunas personas puede que sientan desprecio por 'Lady Gaga', pero a mí me gusta.
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Some people may have a disdain for 'Lady Gaga', but I like her.
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¡No muestre desprecio hacia su oponente, puede sorprenderle.!
Do not show contempt for your opponent , he may surprise you.!
¡La conducta despreciativa no será tolerado!
Contemptuous behavior will not be tolerated!
No hay mayor desprecio que no hacerle aprecio.
Me resulta un poco difícil traducirlo... creo que significa algo así;
There's no worse slight than being ignored.
El desprecio de una niña bárbaro, no están para jugar con.
The contempt of a mean little girl is not to be trifled with.
She was scorned by her boyfriend. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. (Shakespeare)
Fue despreciada por su amigo. El infierno no tiene tal furia como la le una mujer rechazada.
Revenge. ¡Venganza!
Si por dinero es tu desprecio
Aveces el amor es necio
Yo he pagado muy alto el precio...
If your contempt is because of money
sometimes love is foolish
I've paid a very high price...
Cuando no me estuve invitado a la boda de mi primo, me sentí como el objeto de desprecio en mi familia.
When I wasn't invited to my cousin's wedding, I felt like an object of scorn in my family.
Me miró con desprecio.
She looked at me with distain.
No sentence yet but an observation.
"desprecio" makes me think of "to de-price" (de-value) which is a pretty good connection to the formal translations.
How about this?
To despise de-values you as well.
Despreciar te desvaloriza también.
The evil mother-in-law treated her daughter-in-law with contempt, but the poor girl never knew why.
La suegra malvada trata a su nuera con desprecio, pero la pobre chica nunca sabía por qué.
Llévate tu rencor hasta tu rincón y siéntate allí hasta que tu desprecio por tus hermanos desaparece.
Take your resentment into a corner and sit there until your contempt for your brothers disappears.
I know it's an odd sentence as an example but I had been thinking about the words rencor and rincón and was liking the way they sounded together in Spanish. So that was the origin. Maybe it's a mom chiding her son. Please correct the Spanish!
J
Los fanáticos merecen nada pero desprecio.
Bigots deserve nothing but scorn.
En 1957 un tribunal federal encontró dramaturgo Arthur Miller culpable del desprecio al Congreso por negarse a revelar los nombres de supuestos escritores comunistas a la Cámara de Actividades Antiamericanas del Comité. La condena fue anulada por un tribunal de apelación en 1958.
In 1957 a federal court found playwright Arthur Miller guilty of contempt of Congress charges for refusing to disclose the names of alleged Communist writers to the House Un-American Activities Committee. The conviction was overturned by an appeals court in 1958.
Los Francés simulados tienen nada pero desprecio para el rey Arturo.
The mock French have nothing but contempt for King Arthur.
¿En que circunstancia le pueda Jack Palance tener desprecio hacía Bridget Bardot?
Under what circumstances could Jack Palance have contempt for Bridget Bardo?
