English: snorted atSpanish translation: contestar(le)/dirigirse a (alguien) con desdén/desprecio 
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Social Sciences - History | | English term or phrase: snorted at | | When business leaders emphasized a peaceful recovery from the depression rather than a war that would bring expansion abroad, Roosevelt snorted at Ohio Senator Mark Hanna, one of their biggest spokesmen: "We will have this war for the freedom of Cuba, in spite of the timidity of the commercial interests." |
| | | le contestó con desdén/desprecio / se dirigió a él con desdén/desprecio | Explanation:
No me parece que le haya gritado ni levantado la voz, pero sà se dirigió a él con desdén. El significado literal es "resoplar".
1 a : to force air violently through the nose with a rough harsh sound <a drover's pony ... sipped the water, snorting at its own shadow -- Alice Duncan-Kemp> b : ****to express scorn, anger, indignation, or surprise by a snort**** <has been known to snort impatiently at public acknowledgments of his skill -- R.L.Taylor> |
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MarÃa Teresa Taylor Oliver
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| gritó con desdén a
Explanation:
mi idea
scorn:
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From the Diccionario Espasa Concise © 2000 Espasa Calpe:
scorn [skɔ:n]
I nombre desdén: it was greeted with scorn, fue recibido con desdén
II verbo transitivo desdeñar
2. To make an abrupt noise expressive of scorn, ridicule, or contempt.
|  Anabel MartÃnez
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| le espetó
Explanation:
asi se dice en España (en lenguaje algo más elevado)cuando algo se dice de sopetón, a bote pronto
| Enrique Sastre
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