desprezar
Portuguese, verb/des.pɾeˈza(ʁ)/
desprezar is spelled D-E-S-P-R-E-Z-A-R (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Desprezar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to despise (regard with contempt or scorn)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ter sentimento de desprezo em relação a alguém”.
What does desprezar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to despise (regard with contempt or scorn)
- 2
to ignore
- 3
to discard; to throw away
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ter sentimento de desprezo em relação a alguém 2. não levar em conta
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of desprezar
- desprezo first-person present singular
- desprezei first-person preterite singular
- desprezado participle past
- desprezares infinitive second-person singular
- desprezarmos first-person infinitive plural
- desprezardes infinitive plural second-person
- desprezarem infinitive plural third-person
- desprezando gerund
- desprezados masculine participle past
- desprezada feminine participle past
- desprezadas feminine participle past
- desprezas indicative present second-person
- despreza indicative present singular
- desprezamos first-person indicative plural
- desprezais indicative plural present
- desprezam indicative plural present
- desprezava first-person imperfect indicative
- desprezavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce desprezar?
- Brazil /des.pɾeˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [des.pɾeˈza(h)]
- Brazil /d͡ʒis.pɾeˈza(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to desprezar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is desprezar in Portuguese?
desprezar appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).