Translation for "mirada despectiva" to english

Mirada despectiva

• derogatory look
• contemptuous look

Translation examples

contemptuous look

El curandero le dedicó una mirada despectiva.
The healer gave him a contemptuous look.

Lanzó una mirada despectiva a Mona y a mí.
He threw a contemptuous look at Mona and myself.

Vi que Rachel y Thorson intercambiaban una mirada despectiva cuando entramos.
I noticed Rachel and Thorson exchange contemptuous looks as we entered.

—Crees que somos bárbaros —dijo Tanvanaki, lanzándole una mirada despectiva—.
“You think we’re barbaric,” said Tanvanaki, casting him a contemptuous look.

Zachary le lanzó a su padre una mirada despectiva y volvió a sentarse en su silla.
Zachary shot his father a contemptuous look and slumped back down.

Stone vio que Chapman lanzaba una mirada despectiva a la mujer ante aquella estratagema para distraer.
Stone saw Chapman shoot the woman a contemptuous look at this bungled ploy to distract.

Contempló la granja de tanques, con su suelo gris pelado y sus pósters desgajados de las paredes, y dirigió a Vesicle una mirada despectiva.
She stared round the tank farm, with its bare grey floor and shoot-up posters peeling off the walls, and gave Vesicle a contemptuous look.

—había preguntado Emily y me alegré mucho de no haber hecho yo esa pregunta, pues seguro que no habría sobrevivido a la fría mirada despectiva que Henry le dedicó a Emily.
Emily had asked, and I was really glad I hadn’t asked that question, because I don’t think I’d have survived the cold, contemptuous look that Henry gave her.

Me lanza una mirada despectiva por el espejo retrovisor, como diciendo: «¿No saben lo que quieren?» Le indico cómo llegar, según lo que recuerdo de la vez que fui allí hace tres años.
He gives me a contemptuous look in the rearview mirror: don’t you know what you want? I give him the directions I remember from my visit three years ago.