prezírati to despise, to scorn, arhaično to contemn; to disdain, to treat with disdain (ali scorn), to regard with scorn (ali disdain); to look down on; to slight, to spurn; to hold in contempt; arhaično to set at naught; (ne upoštevati) to disregard, to ignore
prezírati predpise to ignore regulations
prezírati nevarnost to spurn danger
žgancev ni preziral he didn't turn his nose up at polenta