disdegnare
Italian edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *disdignāre, reshaping of Latin dēdignārī (“disdain, scorn”), derived from dignus (“worthy”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
disdegnàre (first-person singular present disdégno, first-person singular past historic disdegnài, past participle disdegnàto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive) to disdain, contemn or scorn
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of disdegnàre (-are) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
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Further reading edit
- disdegnare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana