condescend

Senso (Inglese)

1. To come down from one's superior position; to deign (to do something).
2. To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing (toward someone); to talk down (to someone).
3. To treat (someone) as though inferior; to be patronizing toward (someone); to talk down to (someone).
4. (obsolete) To consent, agree.
5. (obsolete) To come down.

Concetti

scendere

accondiscendere

abbassarsi

concedere

degnare

trattare con condiscendenza

sinonimi

deign

stoop

patronize

vouchsafe

lower oneself

descend

unbend

patronise

do

hang down

insult

introduce

look down on

lower

nearly

pleased

tolerate

trivialise

humble oneself

let fall

talk down

lover oneself

stoop c lower oneself

abate

crave for to deign

affected

agree

almost

belittle

come down

disparage

grovel

hand down

Traduzioni

καταδέχομαι

dignarse

daigner

sich herablassen

condescender

αποδέχομαι

condescender

geruhen

zich verwaardigen

dignar-se

condescendre

συναινώ

συγκατατίθεμαι

prendre de haut

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˌkɒndɪˈsɛnd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: condescenden

In summary

From Middle English condescenden, from Old French condescendre, from Late Latin condēscendere (“to let one's self down, stoop, condescend”), from Latin con- (“together”) + dēscendere, present active infinitive of dēscendō (“I come down”); see descend.