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  • 41 kriyāviśeṣa

    pompous ceremonies

    Sanskrit-English dictionary by latin letters > kriyāviśeṣa

  • 42 напыщенный

    pompous; (о стиле и т.п.) bombastic, high-flown

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > напыщенный

  • 43 трескучие фразы

    pompous/high-flown/bombastic words

    Русско-английский словарь по общей лексике > трескучие фразы

  • 44 менмен

    pompous
    arrogant, haughty

    Қазақша-ағылшынша сөздік > менмен

  • 45 cafcaflı

    pompous, showy, swanky, florid, flashy, garish

    İngilizce Sözlük Türkçe > cafcaflı

  • 46 tantanalı

    pompous, magnificent, splendid görkemli, gösteriþli

    İngilizce Sözlük Türkçe > tantanalı

  • 47 tumturak

    pompous language

    İngilizce Sözlük Türkçe > tumturak

  • 48 tumturaklı

    pompous, bombastic, high-flown, stilted, turgid

    İngilizce Sözlük Türkçe > tumturaklı

  • 49 cafcaflı

    pompous, showy.

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > cafcaflı

  • 50 tantanalı

    "pompous, grand; grandiose."

    Saja Türkçe - İngilizce Sözlük > tantanalı

  • 51 pomposo

    1 pompous
    * * *
    ADJ (=espléndido) splendid, magnificent; (=majestuoso) majestic; (=ostentoso) pompous
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <boda/fiesta> magnificent, splendid; <lenguaje/estilo> pompous, high-sounding
    b) ( ostentoso) pompous, ostentatious
    * * *
    = pompous, hyfoluted, ostentatious, portentous.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex. Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.
    Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) <boda/fiesta> magnificent, splendid; <lenguaje/estilo> pompous, high-sounding
    b) ( ostentoso) pompous, ostentatious
    * * *
    = pompous, hyfoluted, ostentatious, portentous.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex: Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.
    Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.

    * * *
    pomposo -sa
    1 ‹boda/fiesta› magnificent, splendid
    2 ‹lenguaje/estilo› pompous, high-sounding
    3 (ostentoso) pompous, ostentatious
    * * *

    pomposo
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    a) ‹boda/fiesta› magnificent, splendid;

    ‹lenguaje/estilo› pompous, high-sounding

    pomposo,-a adjetivo pompous
    ' pomposo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparatosa
    - aparatoso
    - pomposa
    English:
    pompous
    * * *
    pomposo, -a adj
    1. [suntuoso] sumptuous, magnificent
    2. [ostentoso] showy
    3. [lenguaje] pompous
    * * *
    adj pompous
    * * *
    pomposo, -sa adj
    : pompous
    ♦ pomposamente adv

    Spanish-English dictionary > pomposo

  • 52 ampuloso

    adj.
    bombastic, high-flying, pompous, euphuistic.
    * * *
    1 inflated, pompous, bombastic
    * * *
    ADJ bombastic, pompous
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo pompous, bombastic
    * * *
    = pompous, hyfoluted, flamboyant, ornate, bombastic, portentous.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex. Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex. Some homes are grand, with stately brick, spiraling staircases, ornate fences and multiple entrances.
    Ex. You don't have to be bombastic to be powerful [he says in a loud voice], you can be more intimate [he says in a quieter voice].
    Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
    ----
    * estilo ampuloso = turgid style, plethoric style.
    * prosa ampulosa = plethoric prose, turgid prose.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo pompous, bombastic
    * * *
    = pompous, hyfoluted, flamboyant, ornate, bombastic, portentous.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex: Nathan was known for being the most flamboyant DJ in the area.
    Ex: Some homes are grand, with stately brick, spiraling staircases, ornate fences and multiple entrances.
    Ex: You don't have to be bombastic to be powerful [he says in a loud voice], you can be more intimate [he says in a quieter voice].
    Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
    * estilo ampuloso = turgid style, plethoric style.
    * prosa ampulosa = plethoric prose, turgid prose.

    * * *
    pompous, bombastic
    * * *

    ampuloso,-a adjetivo pompous, bombastic
    ' ampuloso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ampulosa
    English:
    flamboyant
    - turgid
    - verbose
    * * *
    ampuloso, -a adj
    pompous
    * * *
    adj pompous
    * * *
    ampuloso, -sa adj
    grandilocuente: pompous, bombastic

    Spanish-English dictionary > ampuloso

  • 53 надут

    1. inflated; swollen
    надути гуми pumped tires
    2. (високомерен) stuck-up, puffed up, swell-headed, pompous, haughty, uppish; bloated/blown-up/inflated with pride
    надут човек a stuck-up, etc. person; a high-hat; a pompous ass
    той е надут, защото много го хвалят too much praise has puffed him up
    надут като пуяк as proud as a peacock
    3. (за стил, език) pompous, bombastic, high-falutin(g), high-flown, flatulent, magniloquent
    надути фрази bombast
    надута сметка a long/padded bill
    * * *
    наду̀т,
    мин. страд. прич. (и като прил.)
    1. inflated; swollen; \надути гуми pumped tires;
    2. ( високомерен) stuck-up, puffed up, swell-headed, sidy, pompous, haughty, priggish, uppish; bloated/blown-up/inflated with pride; разг. uppity, snooty; sl. poncey, jumped-up; ( който се перчи) swaggering; \надут дребосък cockalorum; \надут като пуяк as proud as a peacock; \надут човек stuck-up, etc. person; high-hat; pompous ass; cockscomb; той е \надут, защото много го хвалят too much praise has puffed him up;
    3. (за стил, език) pompous, bombastic, declamatory, highfalutin(g), high-flown, flatulent, grandiloquent, magniloquent; \надути фрази bombast; • \надута сметка long/padded bill; \надути цени fancy/exorbitant prices.
    * * *
    bloated; consequential (за човек); inflated{in'sleit}; mouth- filling; {`OrouyXnd}; pompous: a надут ass - надут човек; portentous: надут as a peacock - надут като пуяк; puffy; rhapsodic(al)
    * * *
    1. (високомерен) stuck-up, puffed up, swell-headed, pompous, haughty, uppish;bloated/blown-up/inflated with pride 2. (за стил, език) pompous, bombastic, high-falutin(g), high-flown, flatulent, magniloquent 3. (който се перчи) swaggering 4. inflated;swollen 5. НАДУТ като пуяк as proud as a peacock 6. НАДУТ човек а stuck-up, etc. person;a high-hat;a pompous ass 7. НАДУТa сметка a long/padded bill 8. НАДУТи гуми pumped tires 9. НАДУТи фрази bombast 10. той е НАДУТ, защото много го хвалят too much praise has puffed him up

    Български-английски речник > надут

  • 54 geschwollen

    I P.P. schwellen1
    II Adj.
    1. swollen
    2. fig., pej. Rede: pompous, inflated
    III Adv., umg.: geschwollen daherreden spout pompously
    * * *
    swollen; puffy; turgid; tumid; puffed; bunged-up
    * * *
    ge|schwọl|len [gə'ʃvɔlən] ptp von schwellen
    1. adj (pej)
    turgid, pompous, bombastic
    2. adv (pej)
    turgidly, pompously, bombastically
    * * *
    (swollen, especially unhealthily: a puffy face/ankle.) puffy
    * * *
    ge·schwol·len
    [gəˈʃvɔlən]
    II. adj (pej) pompous pej, high-flown pej, inflated pej
    \geschwollene Augenlider puffy eyes
    III. adv in a pompous [or high-flown] [or an inflated] way
    rede doch nicht so \geschwollen! don't talk in such a pompous way!
    * * *
    1.
    2. Part. v. schwellen
    2.
    Adjektiv (abwertend) pompous; bombastic
    3.
    adverbial (abwertend) pompously; bombastically
    * * *
    A. pperf → schwellen1
    B. adj
    1. swollen
    2. fig, pej Rede: pompous, inflated
    C. adv, umg:
    geschwollen daherreden spout pompously
    * * *
    1.
    2. Part. v. schwellen
    2.
    Adjektiv (abwertend) pompous; bombastic
    3.
    adverbial (abwertend) pompously; bombastically
    * * *
    adj.
    chesty adj.
    sententious adj.
    swollen adj.
    tumid adj.
    turgid adj. adv.
    sententiously adv.
    turgidly adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > geschwollen

  • 55 Wichtigtuer

    m; -s, -; umg., pej. pompous ass
    * * *
    der Wichtigtuer
    busybody; panjandrum; pompous ass
    * * *
    Wịch|tig|tu|er [-tuːɐ]
    1. m -s, -, Wich|tig|tu|e|rin
    [-tuːərɪn]
    2. f -, -nen (pej)
    pompous ass or idiot
    * * *
    Wich·tig·ma·cher(in)
    <-s, ->
    [-tu:ɐ]
    m(f) (pej)
    Wich·tig·tu·er(in)
    m(f) ÖSTERR (pej) stuffed shirt fam, pompous git [or AM ass] sl
    * * *
    der; Wichtigtuers, Wichtigtuer (ugs. abwertend) pompous ass
    * * *
    Wichtigtuer m; -s, -; umg, pej pompous ass
    * * *
    der; Wichtigtuers, Wichtigtuer (ugs. abwertend) pompous ass
    * * *
    m.
    bumble n.
    busybody n.
    panjandrum n.
    pompous ass* n.
    snob n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Wichtigtuer

  • 56 wichtigtuerisch

    Adj. umg., pej. pompous, stuck-up
    * * *
    pompous
    * * *
    wịch|tig|tu|e|risch [-tuːərɪʃ]
    adj
    pompous
    * * *
    wich·tig·tu·e·risch
    [ˈvɪçtɪçtu:ərɪʃ]
    adj (pej) pompous pej
    ▪ \wichtigtuerisch sein to be pompous, to be full of oneself
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv self-important; pompous
    2.
    adverbial in a self-important manner; <behave, act> pompously
    * * *
    wichtigtuerisch adj umg, pej pompous, stuck-up
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv self-important; pompous
    2.
    adverbial in a self-important manner; <behave, act> pompously

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > wichtigtuerisch

  • 57 presuntuoso

    adj.
    1 conceited, arrogant, assuming, vain.
    2 pompous, highfaluting, lavish, highfalutin.
    m.
    self-conceited person, snob.
    * * *
    1 (presumido) conceited, vain; (arrogante) presumptuous
    * * *
    ADJ (=vanidoso) conceited, presumptuous; (=pretencioso) pretentious
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo conceited, vain
    * * *
    = conceited, pompous, presumptuous, immodest, pretentious, stuck-up, hyfoluted, high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur, cocksure, big-headed, portentous.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex. The author reviews an article by Tom Eadie, ' Immodest proposals: user instruction for students does not work'.
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    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. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex. This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
    Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Ex. I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.
    Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo conceited, vain
    * * *
    = conceited, pompous, presumptuous, immodest, pretentious, stuck-up, hyfoluted, high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur, cocksure, big-headed, portentous.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.
    Ex: The author reviews an article by Tom Eadie, ' Immodest proposals: user instruction for students does not work'.
    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.
    Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    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: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    Ex: This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.
    Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    Ex: I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.
    Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.

    * * *
    conceited, vain
    * * *

    presuntuoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    conceited, vain
    presuntuoso,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino
    1 (presumido) vain, conceited
    2 (pretencioso) pretentious, showy

    ' presuntuoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    chula
    - chulo
    - presuntuosa
    - suficiente
    - ufana
    - ufano
    English:
    bumptious
    - immodest
    - jumped up
    - pompous
    - pretentious
    - upstart
    - conceited
    * * *
    presuntuoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    [vanidoso] conceited; [pretencioso] pretentious
    ♦ nm,f
    conceited person
    * * *
    adj conceited
    * * *
    presuntuoso, -sa adj
    : conceited
    * * *
    presuntuoso adj boastful

    Spanish-English dictionary > presuntuoso

  • 58 rimbombante

    adj.
    1 pompous (estilo, frases).
    2 spectacular (desfile, fiesta).
    * * *
    1 (gen) ostentatious, showy
    2 (lenguaje) pretentious, pompous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=pomposo) pompous, bombastic
    2) (=ostentoso) showy, flashy
    3) (=resonante) resounding, echoing
    * * *
    adjetivo < estilo> grandiose, overblown; < palabras> high-flown; <boda/fiesta> ostentatious, showy
    * * *
    = high-flown, bombastic.
    Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.
    Ex. You don't have to be bombastic to be powerful [he says in a loud voice], you can be more intimate [he says in a quieter voice].
    * * *
    adjetivo < estilo> grandiose, overblown; < palabras> high-flown; <boda/fiesta> ostentatious, showy
    * * *
    = high-flown, bombastic.

    Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.

    Ex: You don't have to be bombastic to be powerful [he says in a loud voice], you can be more intimate [he says in a quieter voice].

    * * *
    ‹estilo› grandiose, overblown, pompous; ‹palabras› high-flown, pompous; ‹boda/fiesta› ostentatious, grandiose, showy
    * * *

    rimbombante adjetivo ‹ estilo› grandiose, overblown;
    ‹ palabras› high-flown;
    ‹boda/fiesta› ostentatious, showy
    rimbombante adj fam bombastic, pompous, showy
    ' rimbombante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    grandioso
    English:
    bombastic
    * * *
    1. [estilo, frases] pompous
    2. [desfile, fiesta] spectacular
    * * *
    adj ostentatious; estilo very elaborate
    * * *
    1) : grandiose, showy
    2) : bombastic, pompous

    Spanish-English dictionary > rimbombante

  • 59 doctoral

    adj.
    doctoral.
    * * *
    1 doctoral
    2 familiar (pedante) pedantic, pompous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [tesis, conferencia] doctoral
    2) [tono] pedantic, pompous
    * * *
    adjetivo (Educ) doctoral; (pey) <tono/lenguaje> pompous, pedantic
    * * *
    Ex. The title of her doctoral dissertation was 'Americans and the Germ Theory of Disease'.
    ----
    * tesis doctoral = doctoral dissertation, PhD dissertation, Phd thesis (Ph.D. thesis), doctoral thesis.
    * * *
    adjetivo (Educ) doctoral; (pey) <tono/lenguaje> pompous, pedantic
    * * *

    Ex: The title of her doctoral dissertation was 'Americans and the Germ Theory of Disease'.

    * tesis doctoral = doctoral dissertation, PhD dissertation, Phd thesis (Ph.D. thesis), doctoral thesis.

    * * *
    1 ( Educ) doctoral
    2 ( pey); ‹tono/lenguaje› pompous, pedantic
    * * *
    1. [de doctor universitario] doctoral
    2. Pey [tono, lenguaje] pompous, pedantic
    * * *
    adj
    1 doctoral
    pompous

    Spanish-English dictionary > doctoral

  • 60 pedante

    adj.
    1 pretentious.
    2 pedantic, vain, bookish, pedant.
    f. & m.
    1 pretentious person.
    2 pedant, dry-as-dust, dryasdust, popinjay.
    * * *
    1 pedantic, pompous
    1 pedant
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ [gen] pedantic; (=pomposo) pompous, conceited
    2.
    SMF pedant
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo pedantic
    II
    masculino 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'.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo pedantic
    II
    masculino 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'.

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    (detallista) pedantic; (presuntuoso) pompous
    pedant
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    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
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    pretentious
    ♦ nmf
    pretentious person
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( perfeccionista) pedantic
    2 ( presuntuoso) pretentious
    II m/f
    1 ( perfeccionista) pedant
    2 ( presuntuoso) pretentious individual
    * * *
    pedante adj
    : pedantic
    pedante nmf
    : pedant

    Spanish-English dictionary > pedante

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