patronize

Etymology


From ; or from, from.

Verb

 * 1)  To act as a patron of; to defend, protect, or support.
 * 2)  To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
 * 3)  To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
 * 4)  To blame, to reproach.
 * 1)  To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
 * 2)  To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
 * 3)  To blame, to reproach.
 * 1)  To make oneself a customer of a business, especially a regular customer.
 * 2)  To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
 * 3)  To blame, to reproach.
 * 1)  To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
 * 2)  To blame, to reproach.
 * 1)  To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
 * 2)  To blame, to reproach.
 * 1)  To assume a tone of unjustified superiority toward; to talk down to, to treat condescendingly.
 * 2)  To blame, to reproach.
 * 1)  To blame, to reproach.
 * 1)  To blame, to reproach.
 * 1)  To blame, to reproach.

Translations

 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: խնամեմ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 栽培
 * Hakka: 栽培
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * German:, , ,
 * Japanese: 愛顧する
 * Mongolian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog:
 * Welsh:


 * Finnish:, olla asiakkaana
 * French:
 * German:, als Kunde regelmäßig besuchen
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Albanian:
 * Bulgarian: отнасям се снизходително
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, suhtautua alentuvasti
 * French:, ,
 * German:, gönnerhaft behandeln, herablassend behandeln
 * Italian: degnarsi, trattare dall'alto in basso
 * Nepali: हेप्नु
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: tratar condescendentemente
 * Russian: смотре́ть свысока́, обраща́ться снисходи́тельно
 * Spanish: hablar con tono paternalista, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: yukarıdan konuşmak,