desacato

• Rhymes: -atu

From desacatar (“to flout”), from des- +‎ acatar (“to respect”).

desacato m (plural desacatos)

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

   Synonyms: desrespeito, afronta, injúria

• desacatado
• desacatar

desacato

1. first-person singular present indicative of desacatar

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

Deverbal from desacatar.

desacato m (plural desacatos)

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, el desacato al 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, contempt towards the priesthood and the lack of respect towards judges.

desacato

1. first-person singular present indicative of desacatar

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