menosprezar
Portuguese, verb/me.nos.pɾeˈza(ʁ)/
menosprezar is spelled M-E-N-O-S-P-R-E-Z-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menosprezar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to underestimate, undervalue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desprezar, ter em pouca conta, desdenhar; não fazer caso de”.
What does menosprezar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to underestimate, undervalue
- 2
to look down on
- 3
to despise, scorn
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. desprezar, ter em pouca conta, desdenhar; não fazer caso de
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 menosprezar
- menosprezo first-person present singular
- menosprezei first-person preterite singular
- menosprezado participle past
- menosprezares infinitive second-person singular
- menosprezarmos first-person infinitive plural
- menosprezardes infinitive plural second-person
- menosprezarem infinitive plural third-person
- menosprezando gerund
- menosprezados masculine participle past
- menosprezada feminine participle past
- menosprezadas feminine participle past
- menosprezas indicative present second-person
- menospreza indicative present singular
- menosprezamos first-person indicative plural
- menosprezais indicative plural present
- menosprezam indicative plural present
- menosprezava first-person imperfect indicative
- menosprezavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menosprezar?
- Brazil /me.nos.pɾeˈza(ʁ)/
- Brazil [me.nos.pɾeˈza(h)]
- /me.nos.pɾeˈza(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menosprezar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menosprezar in Portuguese?
menosprezar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).