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English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)


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In Galician
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- container, contaminate, contamination, contemplate, contemplation, contemplative, contemporary, contempt, contemptible, contemptuous, contemptuously, contend, contending, content, contented, contentedly, contention, contentious, contentment


contemptuous


- adjective
- de desprezo

EN The hand tossed the great pearl back in the tray, the forefinger poked and insulted it, and on the dealer's face there came a sad and contemptuous smile.
GL A man volvera a deixa-la perla na prata, o índice empuxouna case insultándoa e na cara do mercador debuxouse unha tristeira sorrisa de desprezo.
- Fonte: PER (800)
- despectivo

EN While the lady at the needle kept up a little running, contemptuous comment: "Blagueur --farceur --gros bête, va!".
GL Mentres, a dama da agulla seguía facendo sobre a marcha comentarios parcos e despectivos: --Blagueur, farceur, gros bête, va!
- Fonte: ESP (248)
- desdeñoso

EN The pride of the captain-general was piqued; he returned a contemptuous refusal, and forthwith caused a gallows, tall and strong, to be erected in the centre of the Plaza Nueva for the execution of the corporal.
GL Ferido no seu orgullo o capitán xeneral, replicou cunha negativa desdeñosa e, de contado, mandou erguer un cadafalso, alto e rexo, no medio da Praza Nova, para a execución do cabo.
- Fonte: ALH (66)