despreciarverb
Despreciar means to despise or to scorn in English. It is a verb, and you will see it as desprecia, desprecian and despreciando.
- to despise
- to scorn
Ella despreciaba al chico.
She scorned the boy.
Tomás todavía me desprecia.
Tomás still despises me.
Tomás desprecia las mentiras.
Tomás despises lies.
Nosotros despreciamos a Tomás.
We despise Tomás.
Common forms
| Form | Reading | Tense |
|---|---|---|
| desprecia | he, she, it | Present |
| desprecian | they | Present |
| despreciando | Gerund | |
| despreciaba | he, she, it | Imperfect |
| despreció | he, she, it | Preterite |
| despreciaban | they | Imperfect |
| despreciamos | we | Present or preterite |
| despreciaron | they | Preterite |
| desprecie | he, she, it | Present subjunctive |
| despreciará | he, she, it | Future |
| despreciemos | we | Present subjunctive |