🇪🇸 Spanish

desprecios

masculine

los desprecios

contempts

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desprecios
/los desˈpɾeθjos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say desprecios in Spanish?

IPA
/los desˈpɾeθjos/

How do you pronounce desprecios in Spanish?

desprecios is pronounced /los desˈpɾeθjos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El desprecio absoluto que mostró hacia nosotros fue muy ofensivo.

The absolute contempt that he showed toward us was very offensive.

Ese desprecio mutuo entre los dos rivales hizo imposible cualquier reconciliación.

That mutual contempt between the two rivals made any reconciliation impossible.

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Why is it masculine?

Desprecios is masculine because it derives from the Latin verb "despicere" (to look down on), and Spanish nouns formed from Latin verb stems with the suffix "-io/-ium" typically inherited the masculine gender of their Latin source. This gender was preserved as Spanish evolved from Vulgar Latin.

What is the Spanish word for contempts?

The Spanish word for contempts is los desprecios — masculine.

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