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Etymology edit

Inherited from Latin dedignāre. Cognates with English disdain, and French dédaigner. Though it is a cognate with the French word, the French dictionary lists dédaigner as coming from Old French desdeignier, from Vulgar Latin *dignāre, from Latin dīgnārī (whence Spanish dignar (to deign)).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /desdeˈɲaɾ/ [d̪ez.ð̞eˈɲaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧de‧ñar

Verb edit

desdeñar (first-person singular present desdeño, first-person singular preterite desdeñé, past participle desdeñado)

  1. (transitive) to disdain, scorn, despise
    • 1854, Nicolás Maquiavelo, El Príncipe:
      En otros tiempos, los principes desdeñaban las alianzas, prefiriendo vender sus soldados a la parte mas jenerosa, y traficando vilmente con la sangre de sus súbditos.
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