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What is the difference between Insultar and Ofender and Profanar ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between Insultar and Ofender and Profanar ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- Spanish (Mexico)
- Spanish (Spain)
- Insultar: Decir un insulto o lisura a otra persona
- Ofender: Faltar el respeto a una persona, no tiene que ser necesariamente por medio de insultos, puede ser por medio de un gesto o expresión ofensiva.
- Profanar: Demeritar o deshonrar algo, por ejemplo: profanar a los muertos significa no darles su debido respeto, quiere decir que pueden haber dañado su tumba o haber dicho rumores que deshonraron su memoria.
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- Spanish (Mexico)
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"Insultar" is the action of "ofender" someone with words. like for example, if I say "que imbécil eres", te estoy insultando.
"ofender" means to make someone feel bad or humiliated by words or actions (si te insulto, es posible que te ofendas, aunque puede que haya gente que no se ofenda si los insultan).
"profanar" means disrespect or damage with words or actions the dignity of something or someone that deserves respect.
These three words are connected with each other so depending on the context you can use them interchangeably, because si "insultas" algo, probablemente lo vas a "ofender" y si es considerado algo que merece respecto o sagrado lo estarías "profanando".
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