Sentence examples of "despreciar" in Spanish with translation "look down on"

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Translations: all18 despise10 look down on7 scorn1
No debéis despreciar a los ancianos. You must not look down on old people.
Los jóvenes solían despreciar las reglas de la sociedad. Young people used to look down on the rules of society.
Él desprecia a las mujeres. He looks down on women.
No desprecies a los demás. Don't look down on others.
No lo desprecies solo porque es pobre. Don't look down on him just because he's poor.
No mires con desprecio a los pobres. Don't look down on the poor.
Me gustan los cerdos. Los perros nos admiran. Los gatos nos desprecian. Los cerdos nos tratan a todos por igual. I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
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