disprezzare

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to despise, to scorn, to disdain, to slight
  2. (broadly, transitive) to disregard

Frequency

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Hyphenated as
di‧sprez‧zà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dis.pretˈt͡sa.re/
Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *dispretiāre, derived from Latin pretium. Compare Portuguese desprezar, Spanish despreciar. See also deprezzare, from Latin depretio.

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