How do you say “to belittle” in Provençal?
In Provençal you say beissa, despresa, desvanta, rabeissa. All forms are given in Mistralian spelling, as attested in our sources.
| Provençal equivalents | beissa, despresa, desvanta, rabeissa |
Details of the Provençal equivalents
beissa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to lower, to bump, to belittle; to nap cloth |
despresa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to disparage, to underestimate; to discredit; to belittle; to depreciate; to misjudge |
desvanta
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to disparage; to decry; to belittle |
rabeissa
| Grammatical category | Verb |
| English translation | to belittle, to lower |