“Contempt” in 38 languages

How do you say “contempt” in other languages? Here is “contempt” translated into 38 languages, with a link to example sentences for each one.

LanguageTranslationUsage examples
French mépris Contempt in French
Hindi अपमान करना Contempt in Hindi
Arabic ازدراء Contempt in Arabic
Korean 경멸 Contempt in Korean
German Verachtung Contempt in German
Spanish desprecio Contempt in Spanish
Portuguese desprezo Contempt in Portuguese
Italian disprezzo Contempt in Italian
Russian презрение Contempt in Russian
Japanese 軽蔑 Contempt in Japanese
Chinese 鄙视 Contempt in Chinese
Polish-language pogarda Contempt in Polish
Dutch minachting Contempt in Dutch
Swedish förakt Contempt in Swedish
Danish foragt Contempt in Danish
Finnish ylenkatse Contempt in Finnish
Greek περιφρόνηση Contempt in Greek
Czech opovržení Contempt in Czech
Romanian dispreţ Contempt in Romanian
Slovak opovrhnutie Contempt in Slovak
Bulgarian презрение Contempt in Bulgarian
Slovene prezir Contempt in Slovene
Lithuanian panieka Contempt in Lithuanian
Latvian nicinājums Contempt in Latvian
Estonian põlgus Contempt in Estonian
Turkish aşağılama Contempt in Turkish language
Indonesian penghinaan Contempt in Indonesian
Bengali অবজ্ঞা Contempt in Bengali
Ukrainian презирство Contempt in Ukrainian
Catalan menyspreu Contempt in Catalan
Croatian prezir Contempt in Croatian
Hungarian megvetés Contempt in Hungarian
Persian تحقیر Contempt in Persian
Macedonian непочитување на судот Contempt in Macedonian
Norwegian forakt Contempt in Norwegian
Serbian презир Contempt in Serbian
Bosnian prezir Contempt in Bosnian

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