menospreciar

== Spanish == === Etymology === From menos + preciar. Compare Catalan menysprear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /menospɾeˈθjaɾ/ [me.nos.pɾeˈθjaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /menospɾeˈsjaɾ/ [me.nos.pɾeˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: me‧nos‧pre‧ciar === Verb === menospreciar (first-person singular present menosprecio, first-person singular preterite menosprecié, past participle menospreciado) (transitive) to belittle, to disparage, to despise, scorn, to look down on, to demean Synonyms: despreciar, ningunear (transitive) to underestimate, to undervalue, to downplay ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “menospreciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025