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1 pretentious person
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2 pretentious
adjective1) hochgestochen; wichtigtuerisch [Person]2) (ostentatious) protzig; großspurig [Person, Verhalten, Art]* * *pre·ten·tious[prɪˈten(t)ʃəs]adj ( pej: boastful) person angeberisch fam, großspurig pej; (pompous) manner, speech, style hochtrabend pej, hochgestochen pej fam; (ostentatious) protzig meist pej fam, großkotzig pej sl; house, style pompös, bombastisch* * *[prɪ'tenʃəs]adj(= pretending to be important) anmaßend; speech, style, book hochtrabend, hochgestochen; (= ostentatious) angeberisch, protzig (inf), großkotzig (inf); house, restaurant, décor pompös, bombastisch* * *pretentious [prıˈtenʃəs] adj (adv pretentiously)1. anmaßend2. prätentiös, anspruchsvoll, hochgestochen3. protzig, großspurig* * *adjective1) hochgestochen; wichtigtuerisch [Person]2) (ostentatious) protzig; großspurig [Person, Verhalten, Art]* * *adj.anspruchsvoll adj. -
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[prɪ'tenʃəs] UK/ US
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[prɪ'tenʃəs] UKadjanmaßend, (person) wichtigtuerisch -
6 A person (usually male) who is pretentious and arrogant, but lacks any real skill or ability
Jargon: pudknocker (Most often used by military pilots)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > A person (usually male) who is pretentious and arrogant, but lacks any real skill or ability
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7 A person who is pretentious and arrogant, but lacks any real skill or ability
Jargon: (usually male) pudknocker (Most often used by military pilots)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > A person who is pretentious and arrogant, but lacks any real skill or ability
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8 prétentieux
prétentieux, -ieuse [pʀetɑ̃sjø, jøz]1. adjective2. masculine noun, feminine noun• c'est un petit prétentieux ! he's so conceited!* * *
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- ieuse pʀetɑ̃sjø, øz adjectif pretentious
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nom masculin, féminin pretentious person* * *pʀetɑ̃sjø, jøz adj (-euse)* * *prétentieux, - ieuseA adj [personne, ton, style] pretentious.B nm,f pretentious person; petit prétentieux pretentious little idiot.( féminin prétentieuse) [pretɑ̃sjø, øz] adjectif[personne] pretentious[style, remarque] pretentiousmauvaise langue, et en plus prétentieuse! she's a scandalmonger and pretentious into the bargain!————————, prétentieuse [pretɑ̃sjø, øz] nom masculin, nom féminin -
9 pretencioso
adj.1 pretentious, assuming, high-flying, la-di-da.2 pretentious, doggy.* * *► adjetivo1 pretentious► nombre masculino,nombre femenino1 pretentious person* * *ADJ1) (=vanidoso) pretentious, presumptuous; (=fanfarrón) showy2) LAm (=presumido) vain, stuck-up ** * *- sa adjetivoa) < casa> pretentious, showy; <persona/película> pretentiousb) (Chi) ( vainidoso) vain* * *= pretentious, hyfoluted, hoity-toity, hoity-toity, high-flown.Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.* * *- sa adjetivoa) < casa> pretentious, showy; <persona/película> pretentiousb) (Chi) ( vainidoso) vain* * *= pretentious, hyfoluted, hoity-toity, hoity-toity, high-flown.Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.* * *pretencioso -saA ‹casa› pretentious, showy; ‹persona/película› pretentiousB ( AmL) (vanidoso) vain* * *
pretencioso◊ -sa adjetivo ‹casa/película› pretentious
pretencioso,-a adjetivo pretentious
' pretencioso' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
presuntuosa
- presuntuoso
- pretenciosa
English:
pretentious
* * *pretencioso, -a♦ adjpretentious♦ nm,fpretentious person* * *adj pretentious* * *pretencioso, -sa adj: pretentious -
10 pedante
adj.1 pretentious.2 pedantic, vain, bookish, pedant.f. & m.1 pretentious person.2 pedant, dry-as-dust, dryasdust, popinjay.* * *► adjetivo1 pedantic, pompous1 pedant* * *1.ADJ [gen] pedantic; (=pomposo) pompous, conceited2.SMF pedant* * *Iadjetivo pedanticIImasculino y femenino pedant* * *= pompous, pedant, pedantic, pretentious, hyfoluted, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, portentous.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex. He didn't react quite as strongly as Voltaire, but he thought it poor stuff: artificial, pedantic, dull.Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.* * *Iadjetivo pedanticIImasculino y femenino pedant* * *= pompous, pedant, pedantic, pretentious, hyfoluted, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, portentous.Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: Librarians are expected, by their popular media image, to be fussy, nit-picking, pedants.Ex: He didn't react quite as strongly as Voltaire, but he thought it poor stuff: artificial, pedantic, dull.Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and ' snobbish'.Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.* * *(detallista) pedantic; (presuntuoso) pompouspedant* * *
pedante adjetivo
pedantic
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
pedant
pedante
I adjetivo pedantic
II mf pedant
' pedante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
repipi
English:
fastidious
- pedantic
- should
* * *♦ adjpretentious♦ nmfpretentious person* * *I adj1 ( perfeccionista) pedantic2 ( presuntuoso) pretentiousII m/f1 ( perfeccionista) pedant2 ( presuntuoso) pretentious individual* * *pedante adj: pedanticpedante nmf: pedant -
11 cursi
adj.1 tacky(dress, song).2 prissy, affected, la-di-da, chichi.f. & m.affected person.* * *► adjetivo1 familiar (afectado) pretentious, affected, twee1 familiar pretentious person, affected person* * *1. ADJ1) [persona] (=amanerado) affected; (=remilgado) prissy; [en sus gustos] twee2) [objeto] twee2.SMFes una cursi — (=amanerada) she's so affected; (=niña remilgada) she's so prissy; [en sus gustos] she's so twee
* * *I IImasculino y femenino (fam)es un cursi — he's so affected o twee
* * *= cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].Ex. His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.Ex. It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.Ex. His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.* * *I IImasculino y femenino (fam)es un cursi — he's so affected o twee
* * *= cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].Ex: His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.
Ex: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.Ex: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.* * *( fam):se cree muy elegante y refinada pero yo la encuentro cursi she thinks she's so chic and refined but she just seems affected to mesus ideas sobre el matrimonio son de lo más cursi her ideas on marriage are terribly romantic and sentimental, she has such twee ideas about marriage ( BrE)llevaba unos lacitos en el pelo de lo más cursi she was wearing some horribly prissy o ( AmE) cutesy o ( BrE) twee little ribbons in her hairtenía la casa decorada de la manera más cursi the decor in his house was terribly chichi o precious o fussyes muy cursilona she's terribly precious o affected o ( BrE) twee( fam)es un cursi he's so affected o precious o ( BrE) twee* * *
cursi adjetivo (fam) ‹ objeto› corny, twee (BrE);
‹ idea› sentimental, twee (BrE);
‹ decoración› chichi;
‹ persona› affected;
■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam):◊ es un cursi he's so affected o (BrE) twee
cursi adjetivo pey pretentious, affected
' cursi' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
repipi
- siútico
English:
corny
- genteel
- twee
* * *♦ adj1. [vestido, canción] tacky, Br naff;a mi abuela le gustan esas cortinas tan cursis my grandmother likes those twee curtainscamina de una manera muy cursi she has a very affected way of walking;no seas cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands♦ nmfaffected person;es un cursi he's so affected;no seas un cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands* * *famI adj persona affectedII m/f:es un cursi he is so affected* * ** * *cursi adj twee -
12 phoney
1.1) (sham) falsch; gefälscht [Brief, Dokument]2) (fictitious) falsch [Name]; erfunden [Geschichte]3) (fraudulent) Schein[firma, -geschäft, -krieg]; falsch, scheinbar [Doktor, Diplomat, Geschäftsmann]2. noun2) (sham) Fälschung, die* * *pho·ney[ˈfəʊni, AM ˈfoʊ-]( pej)\phoney business people zweifelhafte Geschäftsleute\phoney market researchers angebliche Marktforscher▶ to be as \phoney as a two-dollar bill AM ( fam) person ein falscher Fuffziger sein; ( fam) qualifications fauler Zauber seinthe doctor was a \phoney der Doktor war ein Scharlatan* * *['fəʊnɪ] (inf)1. adj1) (= fake, pretentious) unecht; excuse, deal, peace faul (inf); name, accent falsch; passport, money gefälscht; story, report erfundenhe's so phoney — der ist doch nicht echt (inf)
there's something phoney about it — da ist was faul dran (inf)
2. n(= thing) Fälschung f; (= banknote also) Blüte f (inf); (= bogus policeman etc) Schwindler(in) m(f); (= doctor) Scharlatan m; (= pretentious person) Angeber(in) m(f)* * *phoney [ˈfəʊnı] umgA adj falsch (Adresse, Name etc), (Brief, Dokument etc auch) gefälscht, (Schmuck, Gefühle etc auch) unecht, (Geschichte etc) erfunden, (Akzent etc) aufgesetzt, gekünstelt, (Moral etc) verlogen:phoney firm Schein-, Schwindelfirma f;there’s sth phoney about it daran ist etwas faul umgB s1. a) Schwindel mb) Fälschung f2. a) Blender(in)b) Schwindler(in):he’s a phoney er ist nicht echt umg* * *1.1) (sham) falsch; gefälscht [Brief, Dokument]2) (fictitious) falsch [Name]; erfunden [Geschichte]3) (fraudulent) Schein[firma, -geschäft, -krieg]; falsch, scheinbar [Doktor, Diplomat, Geschäftsmann]2. noun2) (sham) Fälschung, die* * *n.Fälschung f. -
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1. adjective2) (insincere) verlogen2. noun, pl. pseudos* * *pseu·do[ˈsju:dəʊ, AM ˈsu:doʊ]I. adj1. (false) Pseudo-, Möchtegern-\pseudo-intellectual Pseudointellektuelle(r) f(m)2. (insincere) heuchlerisch, verlogen* * *['sjuːdəʊ] (inf)1. adj1)See:= academic.ru/58711/pseud">pseud2) (= pretended) unecht; affection, simplicity aufgesetzt2. nSee:= pseud* * ** * *1. adjective1) (sham, spurious) unecht2) (insincere) verlogen2. noun, pl. pseudos* * *adj.schein- adj.schein... adj. -
14 выкрутасы
мн. разг.intricate movements / figures; (в стиле, в музыке) pretentious floridity and extravagance sg.; ( о почерке) flourishes; (перен.) peculiarities; mannerism sg.; vagaries; freaksговорить с выкрутасами — speak* affectedly
человек с выкрутасами — an affected / pretentious person
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pédant, e [pedɑ̃, ɑ̃t]1. adjective2. masculine noun, feminine noun* * *
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pédante pedɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif pedantic
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nom masculin, féminin pedant* * *pedɑ̃, ɑ̃t pédant, -e péjoratif1. adj2. nm/f* * *A adj pedantic.B nm,f pedant.[exposé, ton] pedantic————————, pédante [pedɑ̃, ɑ̃t] nom masculin, nom féminin -
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tr[ə'fektɪd]1 afectado,-a, falso,-a, fingido,-aaffected [ə'fɛktəd, æ-] adj1) feigned: afectado, fingido2) moved: conmovidoadj.• afectado, -a adj.• emocionado, -a adj.• inclinado, -a adj.ə'fektəd, ə'fektɪd1) ( false) <manner/person> afectado; <interest/grief> fingido2) <area/organ> afectado[ǝ'fektɪd]ADJ1) (=pretentious) [person, manner, accent] afectado2) (=feigned) [remorse, enthusiasm] fingido3) (=suffering effects) [area, region, part of body] afectado* * *[ə'fektəd, ə'fektɪd]1) ( false) <manner/person> afectado; <interest/grief> fingido2) <area/organ> afectado -
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(a) (false → banknote, jewel, name) faux (fausse)□ ; (→ title, company, accent) bidon; (→ tears) de crocodile; (→ laughter) qui sonne faux□ ;∎ his story sounds phoney son histoire a tout l'air d'être (du) bidon;∎ the phoney war la drôle de guerre(b) (spurious → person) bidon2 noun(b) (pretentious person) frimeur(euse) m,f, m'as-tu-vu mf inv(c) (fake object) faux□ m -
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только мн.;
разг. intricate movements/figures;
flourishes, scrolls( о почерке) ;
peculiarities, idiosyncrasies, vagaries, freaks перен. говорить с выкрутасами человек с выкрутасамиБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > выкрутасы
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20 человек с выкрутасами
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > человек с выкрутасами
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