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Dictionary translations for "desprecio"

el desprecio m noun

scorn [skɔ:n]

slight [slaɪt] (comport)

despreciar verb Conjugation

desprecio / desprecié / despreciado

despise [dɪsˈpaɪz] (desdeñar)

No se debe despreciar a un hombre porque sea pobre.

You should not despise a man because he is poor.

reject ['riːʤekt] (desestimar)

ignore [ɪɡˈnɔ:] (ignorar)

Phrases with "desprecio" (1)

con desprecio - contemptuously

Contexts with "desprecio"

No mires con desprecio a los pobres. Don't look down on the poor.

Él siempre habla con desprecio del gobierno. He always speaks of the government with contempt.

El temor al desprecio casi me hizo abandonar definitivamente el proyecto de continuar mi obra. The fear to disdain almost made me definitely abandon the project of carrying on with my work.

No siento nada más que desprecio por semejante conducta deshonesta. I feel nothing but contempt for such dishonest behavior.

La razón es el peor enemigo de la fe: no viene nunca en ayuda de las cosas espirituales, sino que, con mayor frecuencia, se enfrenta con la Palabra divina, tratando con desprecio todo lo que proviene de Dios. Reason is the greatest enemy that faith has: it never comes to the aid of spiritual things, but--more frequently than not --struggles against the divine Word, treating with contempt all that emanates from God.

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