menospreciar
Spanish, verb/menospɾeˈθjaɾ/
menospreciar is spelled M-E-N-O-S-P-R-E-C-I-A-R (12 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish, the 29,063rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menospreciar is a Spanish verb meaning “to belittle, to disparage, to despise, scorn, to look down on, to demean” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Considerar indigno o inferior; no dar el aprecio o valor que se merece algo o a alguien”.
What does menospreciar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to belittle, to disparage, to despise, scorn, to look down on, to demean
- 2
to underestimate, to undervalue, to downplay
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Considerar indigno o inferior; no dar el aprecio o valor que se merece algo o a alguien. 2. Considerar poco digno de atención o consideración, tener a menos, tratar con ostensible indiferencia o desprecio.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of menospreciar
- menosprecio first-person present singular
- menosprecié first-person preterite singular
- menospreciado participle past
- menospreciando gerund
- menospreciada feminine participle past
- menospreciados masculine participle past
- menospreciadas feminine participle past
- menosprecias indicative informal present
- menospreciás indicative informal present
- menosprecia indicative present singular
- menospreciamos first-person indicative plural
- menospreciáis indicative plural present
- menosprecian indicative plural present
- menospreciaba first-person imperfect indicative
- menospreciabas imperfect indicative second-person
- menospreciábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- menospreciabais imperfect indicative plural
- menospreciaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menospreciar?
- /menospɾeˈθjaɾ/
- [me.nos.pɾeˈθjaɾ]
- /menospɾeˈsjaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menospreciar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menospreciar in Spanish?
menospreciar appears 1.3 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).