desestimar

v.

1 to turn down.

2 to turn one's nose up at.

3 to have a low opinion of, to down-play, to downplay, to have little respect for.

Elsa desestima a Ricardo Elsa has a low opinion of Richard.

4 to underrate.

Elsa desestima su capacidad Elsa underrates his capacity.

5 to dismiss, to disregard, to overrule.

Elsa desestimó la propuesta Elsa dismissed the proposal.

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desestimar

► verbo transitivo

1 to disregard, underestimate

2 DERECHO to reject, refuse

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verb

to reject

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VT

1) (=menospreciar) to look down on

2) (Jur) [+ demanda, moción] to reject

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verbo transitivo (frml) <propuesta/recurso> to reject; <pruebas> to disallow

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= give + short shrift, set + aside, depreciate, turn down, dismiss, dismiss with + the wave of the hand.

Ex. Working on a report, statistics, or other assigned tasks while on duty must never cause a librarian to give short shrift to a question.

Ex. Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.

Ex. It can guide the moral will in so far as its illuminations depreciate certain modes of conduct and, conversely, reinforce others.

Ex. Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.

Ex. It is too early to dismiss those physical forms associated with non-computerised cataloguing and indexing.

Ex. International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.

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* desestimarse = go by + the board.

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verbo transitivo (frml) <propuesta/recurso> to reject; <pruebas> to disallow

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= give + short shrift, set + aside, depreciate, turn down, dismiss, dismiss with + the wave of the hand.

Ex: Working on a report, statistics, or other assigned tasks while on duty must never cause a librarian to give short shrift to a question.

Ex: Such championship cannot be lightly set aside, nevertheless it is now quiet certain that 'bibliography', incorrect and unfortunate as it may be, is here to stay and the situation must be accepted.

Ex: It can guide the moral will in so far as its illuminations depreciate certain modes of conduct and, conversely, reinforce others.

Ex: Public school, strapped for cash, find offers from advertising revenue hard to turn down.

Ex: It is too early to dismiss those physical forms associated with non-computerised cataloguing and indexing.

Ex: International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.

* desestimarse = go by + the board.

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desestimar [A1 ]

vt

(frml); ‹propuesta/petición/recurso› to reject; ‹pruebas› to disallow

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desestimar verbo transitivo to reject
'desestimar' also found in these entries:
English:
dismiss
- reject
- disallow
- shrift

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desestimar vt

1. [rechazar] to reject, to turn down;

el Supremo desestimó el recurso the Supreme Court rejected the appeal

2. [despreciar] to turn one's nose up at

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desestimar

v/t queja, petición reject

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desestimar vt

1) : to reject, to disallow

2) : to have a low opinion of