Despise
//dɪˈspaɪz//
Translations of "despise" (41 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | verag(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | καταφρονέω(to regard with contempt or scorn), φαυλίζω(to regard with contempt or scorn), ἐξουθενέω(to disregard or ignore) | kataphronéō, phaulízō, exouthenéō | |
| Arabic | أَهَانَ(to regard with contempt or scorn), اِحْتَقَرَ(to regard with contempt or scorn) | ʔahāna, iḥtaqara | |
| Belarusian | пагарджа́ць(to regard with contempt or scorn) | pahardžácʹ | |
| Bulgarian | прези́рам(to regard with contempt or scorn) | prezíram | |
| Catalan | menysprear(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 蔑視 /蔑视(to regard with contempt or scorn), 藐視 /藐视(to regard with contempt or scorn), 輕視 /轻视(to regard with contempt or scorn), 鄙夷(to regard with contempt or scorn), 鄙薄(to regard with contempt or scorn) | mièshì, miǎoshì, qīngshì, bǐyí, bǐbó | |
| Czech | dívat se spatra(to regard with contempt or scorn), opovrhovat(to regard with contempt or scorn), pohrdat(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Dalmatian | despreziur(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Danish | foragte(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Dutch | verachten(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Esperanto | abomeni(to regard with contempt or scorn), disdegni, malestimi(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Finnish | halveksia(to regard with contempt or scorn), halveksua(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| French | dédaigner(to regard with contempt or scorn), mépriser(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Galician | desprezar(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| German | verachten(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Hindi | उपेक्षा करना(to regard with contempt or scorn) | upekṣā karnā | |
| Hungarian | lenéz(to regard with contempt or scorn), megvet(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Irish | drochmheas a bheith agat(to regard with contempt or scorn), fuath a bheith agat(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Italian | disprezzare(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Japanese | 嫌悪する(to regard with contempt or scorn), 蔑む(to regard with contempt or scorn), 見下す(to regard with contempt or scorn), 軽蔑する(to regard with contempt or scorn) | ken'o suru, sagesumu, mikudasu, keibetsu suru | |
| Korean | 경멸하다(to regard with contempt or scorn), 멸시하다(to regard with contempt or scorn) | gyeongmyeol-hada, myeolsi-hada | |
| Latin | contemnō(to regard with contempt or scorn), dēspiciō(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | mepriséieren(to regard with contempt or scorn), veruechten(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Māori | whakahāwea(to regard with contempt or scorn), whakakurīmōri(to regard with contempt or scorn), whakamanumanu(to regard with contempt or scorn), whakaparahako(to regard with contempt or scorn), whakareko(to regard with contempt or scorn), whakatakao(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Old English | forsēon(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Old Irish | do·meiccethar(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Persian | خوار شمردن(to regard with contempt or scorn) | xwâr šemordan | |
| Polish | gardzić(to regard with contempt or scorn), pogardzać(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Portuguese | desprezar(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Romanian | disprețui(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Russian | презира́ть(to regard with contempt or scorn), презре́ть(to regard with contempt or scorn), пренебрегать(to disregard or ignore) | prezirátʹ, prezrétʹ, prenebregatʹ | |
| Slovak | opovrhovať(to regard with contempt or scorn), pohŕdať(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Spanish | desatender(to disregard or ignore), desoír(to disregard or ignore), despreciar(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Swahili | dharau(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Swedish | förakta(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Tamil | இகழ்(to regard with contempt or scorn), வெறு(to regard with contempt or scorn) | ikaḻ, veṟu | |
| Turkish | aşağılamak(to regard with contempt or scorn), hor görmek(to regard with contempt or scorn), küçümsemek(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Ukrainian | знева́жити(to regard with contempt or scorn), зневажа́ти(to regard with contempt or scorn) | znevážyty, znevažáty | |
| Volapük | nestümön(to regard with contempt or scorn) | — | |
| Yiddish | פֿאַראַכטן(to regard with contempt or scorn), פֿײַנט האָבן(to regard with contempt or scorn) | farakhtn, faynt hobn |
verag
menysprear
dívat se spatra, opovrhovat, pohrdat
despreziur
foragte
verachten
abomeni, disdegni, malestimi
halveksia, halveksua
dédaigner, mépriser
desprezar
verachten
lenéz, megvet
drochmheas a bheith agat, fuath a bheith agat
disprezzare
contemnō, dēspiciō
mepriséieren, veruechten
whakahāwea, whakakurīmōri, whakamanumanu, whakaparahako, whakareko, whakatakao
forsēon
do·meiccethar
gardzić, pogardzać
desprezar
disprețui
opovrhovať, pohŕdať
desatender, desoír, despreciar
dharau
förakta
aşağılamak, hor görmek, küçümsemek
nestümön
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