Usage examples of "desprecian" in Spanish with translation to English

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Los ricos a veces desprecian a los pobres. The rich sometimes despise the poor.
Me gustan los cerdos. Los perros nos admiran. Los gatos nos desprecian. Los cerdos nos tratan a todos por igual. I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.
Tom desprecia a quienes mienten. Tom despises people who lie.
Él desprecia a las mujeres. He looks down on women.
Ella desprecia a los mentirosos. She scorns liars.
Ella le desprecia sólo porque es pobre. She despises him only because he is poor.
No desprecies a los demás. Don't look down on others.
Ella desprecia a la gente que miente. She despises people who lie.
No debéis despreciar a los ancianos. You must not look down on old people.
No desprecies a la gente por ser pobre. Don't despise others because they are poor.
No lo desprecies solo porque es pobre. Don't look down on him just because he's poor.
No desprecies a un hombre por ser pobre. Don't despise a man because he is poor.
No mires con desprecio a los pobres. Don't look down on the poor.
Desprecia a la gente de clase social más baja. He despises people of a lower social class.
Los jóvenes solían despreciar las reglas de la sociedad. Young people used to look down on the rules of society.
No se debe despreciar a un hombre porque sea pobre. You should not despise a man because he is poor.
Cristóbal Colón despreciaba a los piratas, pero le encantaban sus parches. A veces llevaba uno sólo para divertirse. Christopher Columbus despised pirates, but he loved their eyepatches. Sometimes, he would wear one - just for fun.
Tim produjo una vibración alveolar perfecta durante un minuto seguido. El resto de la clase de español envidiaba y despreciaba esta vulgar muestra de poder. Tim produced a perfect alveolar trill for a straight minute. The rest of the Spanish class envied and despised this vulgar display of power.
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