desprezível

Portuguese

Etymology

From the non-standard suffixation desprezo (“contempt”) +‎ -ível.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.pɾeˈzi.vew/ [des.pɾeˈzi.veʊ̯], /d͡ʒis.pɾeˈzi.vew/ [d͡ʒis.pɾeˈzi.veʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deʃ.pɾeˈzi.vew/ [deʃ.pɾeˈzi.veʊ̯], /d͡ʒiʃ.pɾeˈzi.vew/ [d͡ʒiʃ.pɾeˈzi.veʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /des.pɾeˈzi.vew/ [des.pɾeˈzi.veʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.vɛl/ [dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.vɛɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.bɛl/ [dɨʃ.pɾɨˈzi.βɛɫ]

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ivɛl
Hyphenation: des‧pre‧zí‧vel

Adjective

desprezível m or f (plural desprezíveis, comparable, comparative mais desprezível, superlative o mais desprezível or desprezibilíssimo)

despicable (deserving to be despised)
Synonyms: abjeto, menosprezável, desdenhável, despiciendo
insignificant, negligible
Synonym: insignificante

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