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1 pretensión
f.1 aspiration, desire, ambition, plan.2 pretension, claim.3 pretense, presumption, pretence, self-assumption.* * *1 (intención) aim; (ambición) ambition2 (derecho) claim\sin pretensiones unpretentious, of modest pretensions* * *SF1) (=intención) aim; (=aspiración) aspiration2) pl pretensiones (=aspiraciones)enviar historial profesional indicando pretensiones económicas — send curriculum vitae indicating desired salary
una simple chaqueta sin pretensiones — a simple jacket, nothing fancy
* * *1)b) (Der) (a trono, herencia) claim2) pretensiones femenino plural ( ínfulas)* * *1)b) (Der) (a trono, herencia) claim2) pretensiones femenino plural ( ínfulas)* * *pretensión11 = pretence [pretense, -USA], pretentiousness.Ex: Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.
Ex: His publications attacked the pretentiousness and fallibility of the world of academia.* falsa pretensión = false pretence.pretensión22 = pretension.Ex: There was no intention in many programmes to create any pretensions towards possession of information skills.
* con pretensiones de superioridad moral = self-righteous.* moderar + Posesivo + pretensiones = lower + Posesivo + sights.* sin pretensiones = humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.].* * *A1 (intención) plan; (deseo) hope, wish, desireexpresó su pretensión de que … she expressed her hope that …enviar curriculum indicando pretensiones salariales or económicas send résumé ( AmE) o ( BrE) curriculum vitae indicating desired salary2 ( Der) (al trono, una herencia) claim(ínfulas): tener pretensiones to be pretentiousuna película sin demasiadas pretensiones an unpretentious film* * *
pretensión sustantivo femenino
1 (a trono, herencia) claim
2
una película sin pretensiones an unpretentious film
pretensión sustantivo femenino
1 (deseo) hope, wish: tiene la pretensión de que vaya con ella, she expects me to go with her
2 (objetivo) aim, aspiration
3 (al trono) claim
4 pey (aspiraciones desmedidas) pretensiones, pretention
una persona con pocas pretensiones, a very unpretentious person
' pretensión' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
exigencia
- modesto
English:
pretence
- pretense
- pretention
- self-righteousness
- pretension
* * *pretensión nf1. [intención] aim, intention;tener la pretensión de to intend to2. [aspiración] aspiration;no tiene grandes pretensiones económicas she doesn't have great financial aspirations o ambitions;una película con pretensiones artísticas a film with artistic pretensions;sin pretensiones unpretentious4.pretensiones [exigencias] demands* * *f L.Am. ( arrogancia) vanity;sin pretensiones unpretentious* * *pretensión nf, pl - siones1) : intention, hope, plan2) : pretensionsin pretensiones: unpretentious
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