What does despreciar mean?
despreciar means to despise, to scorn in English. It is a regular -ar verb.
Spanish verb guide
Despreciar Conjugation in Spanish
Learn despreciar, meaning to despise, to scorn, through verified forms and contextual examples.
regular-argerund: despreciandoparticiple: despreciado
Principal forms of despreciar
- Infinitive
- despreciar
- Gerund
- despreciando
- Past participle
- despreciado
Despreciar conjugation table
Compare the present, preterite, imperfect, and future forms. Reflexive pronouns are included where the verb requires them.
| Pronoun | Present | Preterite | Imperfect | Future |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| yo | desprecio | desprecié | despreciaba | despreciaré |
| tú | desprecias | despreciaste | despreciabas | despreciarás |
| él / ella / usted | desprecia | despreció | despreciaba | despreciará |
| nosotros/as | despreciamos | despreciamos | despreciábamos | despreciaremos |
| ellos/as / ustedes | desprecian | despreciaron | despreciaban | despreciarán |
Pattern notes
- Despreciar follows the regular -ar pattern in the four tenses shown here.
Examples with despreciar
No desprecies a los demás.Don't look down on others.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Él desprecia a las mujeres.He looks down on women.Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tú me desprecias, ¿o no?You despise me, don't you?Tatoeba example · CC BY 2.0 FR
Practice prompts
- Conjugate despreciar for yo in the present.
- Use the preterite form for ella.
- Say the nosotros/as imperfect form.
- Write a short sentence in the future.
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