Menospreciar means ‘to belittle/undervalue’. It is a regular -ar verb: menosprecio (present), menosprecié (preterite), menospreciado (past participle), menospreciando (gerund).
Menospreciar in use
Mi jefe menosprecia mi trabajoMy boss looks down on my work
No menosprecies a tus compañerosDon't belittle your classmates
Durante años menospreciaron su talentoFor years they undervalued her talent
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Menospreciar is to value someone or something less than they deserve. Despreciar is stronger: to despise, or to scorn.
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The other perfect tenses (haber + past participle) and the past subjunctive
The imperfect subjunctive has two forms: -ra (more common in speech) and -se (more formal; still heard in speech in Spain, mainly written in Latin America). Both are equally correct and interchangeable.
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