desacato

See also:desacató

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes:-atu

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/de.zaˈka.tu/,/d͡ʒi.zaˈka.tu/

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/de.zaˈka.tu/,/d͡ʒi.zaˈka.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/de.zaˈka.to/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/dɨ.zɐˈka.tu/

Etymology 1

Fromdesacatar(“to flout”),fromdes-+‎acatar(“to respect”).

Noun

desacatom(pluraldesacatos)

1. (law)contempt(open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)

   Synonyms:desrespeito,afronta,injúria

Related terms

• desacatado
• desacatar

Etymology 2

Verb

desacato

1. first-personsingularpresentindicativeofdesacatar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/desaˈkato/[d̪e.saˈka.t̪o]
• Rhymes:-ato
• Syllabification:de‧sa‧ca‧to

Etymology 1

Deverbalfromdesacatar.

Noun

desacatom(pluraldesacatos)

1. (law)contempt(open disrespect or willful disobedience of the authority)
   • 1863,Miguel Riofrío,La emancipada:

     El cura que había causado la perdición de esa mujer, cuando supo su muerte subió al púlpito y platicó patéticamente sobre las desgracias que traen consigo la desobediencia a los padres, eldesacatoal sacerdote y el irrespeto a los jueces

     when the priest who had caused that woman's demise found out about her death he went up to the pulpit and waffled on about the disgrace resulting from disobeying one's parents,contempttowards the priesthood and the lack of respect towards judges.

Etymology 2

Verb

desacato

1. first-personsingularpresentindicativeofdesacatar

Further reading

• “desacato”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014