look down on

English

(transitive, idiomatic) To regard or treat as inferior.
- 2009 September 25, Michael Deacon, “Ross Noble: interview”, in Telegraph.co.uk:
  He remembers feeling that people looked down on him, and, ‘realising I was rubbish at academic stuff’, he decided he'd join a circus.

to regard or treat as inferior

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 看不起 (zh) (kànbùqǐ), 瞧不起 (zh) (qiāobùqǐ), 小看 (zh) (xiǎokàn), 俯視 (zh), 俯视 (zh) (fǔshì), 輕視 (zh), 轻视 (zh) (qīngshì), 鄙視 (zh), 鄙视 (zh) (bǐshì)
Dutch: neerkijken op
Finnish: ylenkatsoa, halveksia (fi)
French: mépriser (fr)
German: (general) von oben herab behandeln; (from perspective of superior also) hinabsehen auf, hinabschauen auf; (from perspective of inferior also) herabsehen auf, herabschauen auf
Hungarian: lenéz (hu)
Italian: guardare in basso
Japanese: 軽蔑する (ja) (keibetsu suru), 見下ろす (ja) (miorosu)
Korean: please add this translation if you can

Latin: despiciō, dēdignor
Lithuanian: žiūrėti iš aukšto
Maori: whakatakē, tamatama
Norwegian: se ned på, rakke ned på
Polish: ^{(please verify)} patrzeć z góry
Portuguese: menosprezar (pt)
Russian: смотре́ть свысока́ (smotrétʹ svysoká), презира́ть (ru) impf (prezirátʹ)
Slovak: pozerať (na niekoho) zhora, pozerať opovržlivo
Spanish: menospreciar (es), ningunear (es)
Swedish: se ned på

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