desdenhar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old French desdeignier; equivalent to desdém + -ar.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /dezdeˈɲa(ʁ)/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʒðɐˈɲaɾ/
  • Hyphenation: des‧de‧nhar

Verb

desdenhar (first-person singular present indicative desdenho, past participle desdenhado)

  1. to despise; to detest

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • desdenhar in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
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