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  • 81 přehnaně sebejistý

    Czech-English dictionary > přehnaně sebejistý

  • 82 outrecuidant

    Mini Dictionnaire français-anglais > outrecuidant

  • 83 creído

    adj.
    vain, arrogant, self-satisfied, conceited.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: creer.
    * * *
    1→ link=creer creer
    1 arrogant, vain, conceited
    \
    ser un creído,-a to be full of oneself
    * * *
    creído, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=engreído) conceited
    2) (=crédulo) credulous, trusting
    2.
    SM / F
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( engreído) conceited
    b) [ser] (Arg) ( crédulo) gullible
    * * *
    = conceited, stuck-up, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    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. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    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.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) [ser] ( engreído) conceited
    b) [ser] (Arg) ( crédulo) gullible
    * * *
    = conceited, stuck-up, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.

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

    Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    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: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    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.

    * * *
    creído -da
    1 [ SER] (engreído) conceited
    2 [ ESTAR]
    (confiado, convencido): está creído (de) que va a ganar he's convinced o quite sure he's going to win, he's very confident of victory
    3 [ SER] ( Arg) (crédulo) gullible
    * * *

    Del verbo creer: ( conjugate creer)

    creído es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    creer    
    creído
    creer ( conjugate creer) verbo intransitivo
    a) (tener fe, aceptar como verdad) to believe;

    creído en algo/algn to believe in sth/sb;
    ◊ ¿me crees? do you believe me?

    b) (pensar, juzgar) to think;

    ◊ ¿tú crees? do you think so?;

    no creo I don't think so;
    no creas, es bastante difícil believe me, it's quite hard
    verbo transitivo


    aunque no lo creas believe it or not;
    ¡no lo puedo creído! I don't believe it!;
    ¡ya lo creo! of course!
    b) (pensar, juzgar) to think;

    ◊ creo que sí/creo que no I think so/I don't think so;

    creo que va a llover I think it's going to rain;
    no la creo capaz I do not think she is capable;
    se cree que el incendio fue provocado the fire is thought to have been started deliberately;
    no lo creí necesario I didn't think it necessary;
    no creo que pueda ir I doubt if o I don't think I'll be able to go;
    creí oír un ruido I thought I heard a noise;
    creo recordar que … I seem to remember that …
    creerse verbo pronominal




    ¿quién se creídoá que es? who does he think he is?
    c) (CS fam) ( estimarse superior) to think one is special (o great etc)

    d) (Méx) ( fiarse) creídose de algn to trust sb

    creído
    ◊ -da adjetivo [ser] ( engreído) conceited

    creer
    I verbo transitivo
    1 (suponer) to think: ¿crees que está implicado?, do you think he's involved?
    creo que sí/no, I think so/don't think so
    ya lo creo, of course
    2 (tener fe, confianza) to believe: créeme, believe me
    te creo, I believe you
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 Rel to believe [en, in]
    cree en los marcianos, he believes in Martians
    2 (tener confianza) to trust: mi padre cree en mí, my father trusts me
    creído,-a
    I adjetivo arrogant, vain, conceited
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino big head

    ' creído' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    creerse
    - creída
    - pero
    English:
    bighead
    - bigheaded
    - cocksure
    - never
    - stuck-up
    - big
    * * *
    creído, -a Fam
    ♦ adj
    conceited;
    se lo tiene muy creído he's very full of himself, Br he really fancies himself
    ♦ nm,f
    es un creído he's a bighead
    * * *
    I part → creer
    II adj conceited
    * * *
    creído, -da adj
    1) fam : conceited
    2) : confident, sure
    * * *
    creído adj cocky

    Spanish-English dictionary > creído

  • 84 engreído

    adj.
    vain, cocky, proud, bigheaded.
    f. & m.
    swell-headed person, conceited person, swellhead.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: engreír.
    * * *
    1 vain, conceited, stuck-up
    * * *
    engreído, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=vanidoso) vain, stuck-up *
    2) LAm (=afectuoso) affectionate; (=mimado) spoiled, spoilt
    2.
    SM / F bighead *, spoiled brat
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled*
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled* brat
    * * *
    = conceited, self-inflated, stuck-up, self-important, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    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. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    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. The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    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. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled*
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled* brat
    * * *
    = conceited, self-inflated, stuck-up, self-important, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.

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

    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: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    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: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    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: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    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.

    * * *
    engreído1 -da
    1 (vanidoso, presumido) conceited, bigheaded ( colloq)
    2 ( Per) (mimado) spoiled*
    engreído2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    1 (vanidoso) bighead ( colloq)
    2 ( Per) (mimado) spoiled* brat
    * * *

    Del verbo engreír: ( conjugate engreír)

    engreído es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    engreído    
    engreír
    engreído
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)

    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled( conjugate spoiled)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)

    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled brat

    engreído,-a adjetivo conceited
    ' engreído' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    además
    - cambio
    - corte
    - engreída
    - estiramiento
    - fatua
    - fatuo
    - parecer
    - ufana
    - ufano
    - creído
    - pituco
    - presumido
    - sobrado
    English:
    bighead
    - bigheaded
    - cocksure
    - fatuous
    - self-important
    - smug
    - toffee-nosed
    - conceited
    - puffed
    - self
    * * *
    engreído, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [creído] conceited, full of one's own importance
    2. Perú [mimado] spoiled
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [creído] conceited person;
    ser un engreído to be very conceited
    2. Perú [mimado]
    ser un engreído to be spoiled
    * * *
    adj conceited
    * * *
    engreído, -da adj
    presumido, vanidoso: vain, conceited, stuck-up

    Spanish-English dictionary > engreído

  • 85 gallito

    adj.
    m.
    1 cockerel.
    2 badminton.
    3 shuttlecock, birdy.
    * * *
    1 familiar (presumido) cock of the walk, show-off
    2 familiar (bravucón) bully, troublemaker
    * * *
    1.
    ADJ * (=bravucón) cocky *, cocksure
    2. SM
    1) (=ave) cockerel
    2) (=persona) tough guy *
    3) Col, Méx (Dep) shuttlecock
    4) And (=flecha) small arrow, dart
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (fam) cocky
    II
    1) (fam) ( persona) tough guy (colloq)
    2) (Col, Méx) (Dep) shuttlecock, birdie (AmE); ver tb gallo II
    * * *
    = cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], arrogant, cocksure.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    Ex. Particularly in libraries, the attitude of the employee is to become arrogant toward the user.
    Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    ----
    * gallito de las rocas = cock-of-the-rock.
    * gallito del corral, el = cock-of-the-walk.
    * gallito del lugar, el = cock-of-the-walk.
    * ponerse gallito = bluster.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo (fam) cocky
    II
    1) (fam) ( persona) tough guy (colloq)
    2) (Col, Méx) (Dep) shuttlecock, birdie (AmE); ver tb gallo II
    * * *
    = cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], arrogant, cocksure.

    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.

    Ex: Particularly in libraries, the attitude of the employee is to become arrogant toward the user.
    Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    * gallito de las rocas = cock-of-the-rock.
    * gallito del corral, el = cock-of-the-walk.
    * gallito del lugar, el = cock-of-the-walk.
    * ponerse gallito = bluster.

    * * *
    gallito1 -ta
    ( fam); cocky
    A ( fam) (persona) tough guy ( colloq)
    no te hagas el gallito don't act the tough guy
    B (Col, Méx) (deporte) badminton; (rehilete) shuttlecock, birdy ( AmE) ver tb gallo2 (↑ gallo (2))
    * * *

    gallito sustantivo masculino
    1 (fam) ( persona) tough guy (colloq)
    2 (Col, Méx) (Dep) shuttlecock, birdie (AmE)
    gallito adjetivo cocky: se me puso gallito y tuve que soltarle una fresca, he got all cocky with me and I had to give him a piece of my mind
    ' gallito' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    guapa
    - guapo
    English:
    cockerel
    - cocky
    - shuttle
    * * *
    gallito, -a
    ♦ adj
    Fam [bravucón] cocky;
    ponerse gallito to get all cocky
    ♦ nm
    1. Fam [bravucón]
    es un gallito he's cocky
    2. [ave] northern jacana
    3. Col [dardo] dart
    * * *
    gallito, -ta adj, fam : cocky, belligerent

    Spanish-English dictionary > gallito

  • 86 arrogante

    adj.
    1 arrogant.
    2 overbearing, high-and-mighty, high-handed.
    f. & m.
    arrogant person, belittler.
    * * *
    1 (orgulloso) arrogant
    2 (gallardo) gallant, valiant, brave
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=altanero) arrogant, haughty; (=orgulloso) proud
    * * *
    adjetivo ( soberbio) arrogant, haughty
    * * *
    = arrogant, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], cocksure, overbearing, supercilious.
    Ex. Particularly in libraries, the attitude of the employee is to become arrogant toward the user.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    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. The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    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. Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
    Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    * * *
    adjetivo ( soberbio) arrogant, haughty
    * * *
    = arrogant, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], cocksure, overbearing, supercilious.

    Ex: Particularly in libraries, the attitude of the employee is to become arrogant toward the user.

    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    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: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    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: Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
    Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.

    * * *
    1 (soberbio) arrogant, haughty
    2 (gallardo) imposing, dashing
    * * *

    arrogante adjetivo
    arrogant, haughty
    arrogante adjetivo arrogant
    ' arrogante' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    altivo
    - presumido
    English:
    arrogant
    - both
    - cavalier
    - haughty
    - manner
    - stiff-necked
    - superior
    - swagger
    * * *
    arrogant
    * * *
    adj arrogant
    * * *
    altanero, altivo: arrogant, haughty
    * * *
    arrogante adj arrogant

    Spanish-English dictionary > arrogante

  • 87 petulante

    adj.
    1 opinionated, arrogant.
    2 petulant, boasting, vain, cynical.
    f. & m.
    1 opinionated person.
    2 smug person, self-righteous person, self-satisfied person.
    * * *
    1 vain
    * * *
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo smug, self-satisfied
    II
    masculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *
    = smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    Ex. His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex. The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex. Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex. Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo smug, self-satisfied
    II
    masculino y femenino smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *
    = smug, petulant, show-off, showboat, hot dog, hoity-toity, cocksure.

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.

    Ex: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.
    Ex: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.
    Ex: Steve knows that he is a ' showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.
    Ex: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.

    * * *
    smug, self-satisfied
    smug o self-satisfied fool
    * * *

    petulante adjetivo
    smug, self-satisfied
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino
    smug o self-satisified fool
    ' petulante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    smug
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    opinionated, arrogant
    ♦ nmf
    opinionated person;
    es un petulante he's very opinionated
    * * *
    adj smug
    * * *
    insolente: insolent, petulant

    Spanish-English dictionary > petulante

  • 88 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

  • 89 самоуверен

    self-confident, assured, разг. cocksure, bumptious
    * * *
    самоувѐрен,
    прил. self-confident, assured, разг. cocksure, bumptious; прекалено \самоуверен (self-)opinionated.
    * * *
    self-confident ; bold {bxuld}; cocksure
    * * *
    1. self-confident, assured, разг. cocksure, bumptious 2. прекалено САМОУВЕРЕН (self-opinionated

    Български-английски речник > самоуверен

  • 90 todsicher

    umg.
    I Adj. dead sure ( oder certain); Methode etc.: absolutely reliable, guaranteed, sure-fire oft iro.; Urteil, Ziel: unerring; Geschäft: dead safe; Gewinn: guaranteed; todsichere Sache dead certainty, (dead) cert; ich bin todsicher, dass... I am positive ( oder quite certain) that...
    II Adv. (zweifellos) definitely, for sure; er kommt todsicher auch there’s no way he won’t come, he’ll come all right; sie gewinnen todsicher they’re (absolutely) bound to win
    * * *
    cocksure
    * * *
    tod|sị|cher (inf)
    1. adj
    dead certain (inf); Methode, Tipp sure-fire (inf)

    eine tódsichere Angelegenheit or Sache — a dead cert (Brit inf), a cinch (esp US inf), a done deal (inf)

    das ist doch tódsicher, dass... — it's a dead cert (Brit) or a done deal that... (inf)

    2. adv
    for sure or certain
    * * *
    (very or too confident: He was cocksure about passing the exam.) cocksure
    * * *
    tod·si·cher
    I. adj (fam) dead certain [or fam sure]
    eine \todsichere Methode a sure-fire Method fam
    II. adv (fam) for sure fam
    * * *
    1.
    (ugs.) Adjektiv sure-fire (coll.) <system, method, tip, etc.>

    eine todsichere Sache — a (coll.) dead certainty or (coll.) cert

    2.
    adverbial for certain or sure
    * * *
    A. adj dead sure ( oder certain); Methode etc: absolutely reliable, guaranteed, sure-fire oft iron; Urteil, Ziel: unerring; Geschäft: dead safe; Gewinn: guaranteed;
    todsichere Sache dead certainty, (dead) cert;
    ich bin todsicher, dass … I am positive ( oder quite certain) that …
    B. adv (zweifellos) definitely, for sure;
    er kommt todsicher auch there’s no way he won’t come, he’ll come all right;
    sie gewinnen todsicher they’re (absolutely) bound to win
    * * *
    1.
    (ugs.) Adjektiv sure-fire (coll.) <system, method, tip, etc.>

    eine todsichere Sache — a (coll.) dead certainty or (coll.) cert

    2.
    adverbial for certain or sure
    * * *
    adj.
    dead sure adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > todsicher

  • 91 уверенный

    1) General subject: assured, bound, bullish, certain, cocksure (of, about; в чем-л.), confident (успехе и т. п.), firm, masterful, positive, reliant, secure (в чем-либо), steady, sure, adamant (о человеке)
    2) Colloquial: (of, about) cocksure (в чем-л.)
    3) Engineering: consistent, reliable
    4) Rare: sartin
    5) Mathematics: convinced
    6) Religion: confidence
    7) Australian slang: deadset
    9) Jargon: hummy, downbeat
    10) Arms production: secure (выстрел)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > уверенный

  • 92 я был уверен что его лошадь выиграет

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > я был уверен что его лошадь выиграет

  • 93 cock-sure

    прил.
    (of, about) уверенный (в чем-л.; иногда без достаточных на то оснований), самоуверенный, самонадеянный

    The mind is so cocksure; it thinks it knows everything, understands everything

    in a cocksure manner

    Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > cock-sure

  • 94 Maul

    n; -(e)s, Mäuler
    1. ZOOL. mouth; (Kiefer) jaws Pl.; (Schnauze) muzzle, snout
    2. umg., von Menschen: trap, gob; ein großes Maul haben have a big mouth, be a big-mouth; ein böses / loses Maul haben have a malicious / loose tongue; ein ungewaschenes Maul haben use filthy language; das Maul ( zu weit) aufreißen shoot one’s mouth off; das Maul halten keep one’s mouth shut; halts Maul! shut up!; sich (Dat) das Maul zerreißen gossip ( über + Akk about); darüber werden sie sich die Mäuler zerreißen that’ll give them something to gossip about, that’ll have plenty of tongues wagging; jemandem das Maul stopfen shut s.o. up; er hat sechs Mäuler zu stopfen umg., fig. he’s got six hungry mouths to feed; jemandem übers Maul fahren cut s.o. short; jemandem ums Maul gehen umg. soft-soap s.o.; dem Volk aufs Maul schauen listen to what people are saying; siehe auch Mund
    * * *
    das Maul
    yap; chap; jaws; muzzle; mouth
    * * *
    [maul]
    nt -(e)s, Mäuler
    ['mɔylɐ] mouth; (von Löwe etc, von Zange) jaws pl; (inf von Menschen) gob (Brit inf trap (esp US sl); (von Schraubenschlüssel) head

    ein böses or ungewaschenes or gottloses Máúl (inf) — an evil or a wicked or a malicious tongue

    jdm übers Máúl fahren (inf) — to choke sb off (inf)

    das Máúl zu voll nehmen (sl) — to be too cocksure (inf)

    ein großes Máúl haben (inf) — to have a big mouth, to be a bigmouth (inf)

    darüber werden sich die Leute das Máúl zerreißen (inf) — that will start people's tongues wagging

    dem Volk or den Leuten aufs Máúl schauen (inf) — to listen to what people really say

    Máúl halten! (vulg) — shut your face (sl) or trap (sl) or gob (Brit inf)

    halt dein ungewaschenes Máúl (sl) — keep your dirty mouth shut (inf)

    das Máúl verbrennen (inf) — to talk one's way or oneself into trouble

    * * *
    ((in plural) the mouth (especially of an animal): The crocodile's jaws opened wide.) jaw
    * * *
    <-[e]s, Mäuler>
    [ˈmaul, pl ˈmɔylɐ]
    nt
    1. (Rachen eines Tieres) mouth; Raubtier jaws pl
    2. (derb: Mund) trap fam!, BRIT a. gob fam!
    das \Maul aufsperren to stare flabbergasted [or BRIT a. gobsmacked] fam
    [hungrige] Mäuler stopfen to feed [or fill] [hungry] mouths
    3. (derb: Mundwerk)
    ein freches \Maul a sharp tongue
    ein gottloses [o ungewaschenes] \Maul an evil [or a wicked] [or a malicious] tongue
    jdm übers \Maul fahren to cut sb short fam
    ein großes \Maul haben to have a big mouth, BRIT a. to be all mouth [and trousers] fam
    das [o sein] \Maul halten to keep one's mouth [or BRIT a. gob] shut fam!
    halt's \Maul!, \Maul halten! shut your face! [or mouth] [or trap] [or BRIT a. gob] fam!, shut it! fam!
    jdm das \Maul stopfen to shut sb up
    4.
    ▶ das \Maul [zu] weit aufreißen [o voll nehmen] to be too cocksure fam
    ▶ jdm ums \Maul gehen to soft-soap [or sep butter up] sb fam
    ▶ jdm aufs \Maul schauen to follow sb's every word
    ▶ sich dat das \Maul verbrennen (fam) to talk oneself [or fam let one's mouth get one] into trouble
    ▶ sich dat das \Maul [über jdn/etw] zerreißen (fam) to gossip [about sb/sth] pej, to bad-mouth sb/sth sl
    * * *
    das; Maul[e]s, Mäuler
    1) (von Tieren) mouth
    2) (derb): (Mund) gob (sl.)

    er hat fünf hungrige Mäuler zu stopfen — (fig.) he's got five hungry mouths to feed; das od

    sein Maul aufmachen — (fig.) say something

    ein großes Maul haben — (fig.) shoot one's mouth off (fig. sl.)

    halt's od. halt dein Maul — shut your trap (sl.); shut up (coll.); s. auch stopfen 1. 4); verbrennen 2. 2)

    * * *
    Maul n; -(e)s, Mäuler
    1. ZOOL mouth; (Kiefer) jaws pl; (Schnauze) muzzle, snout
    2. umg, von Menschen: trap, gob;
    ein großes Maul haben have a big mouth, be a big-mouth;
    ein böses/loses Maul haben have a malicious/loose tongue;
    ein ungewaschenes Maul haben use filthy language;
    das Maul (zu weit) aufreißen shoot one’s mouth off;
    das Maul halten keep one’s mouth shut;
    halts Maul! shut up!;
    sich (dat)
    über +akk about);
    darüber werden sie sich die Mäuler zerreißen that’ll give them something to gossip about, that’ll have plenty of tongues wagging;
    er hat sechs Mäuler zu stopfen umg, fig he’s got six hungry mouths to feed;
    jemandem ums Maul gehen umg soft-soap sb;
    dem Volk aufs Maul schauen listen to what people are saying; → auch Mund
    * * *
    das; Maul[e]s, Mäuler
    1) (von Tieren) mouth
    2) (derb): (Mund) gob (sl.)

    er hat fünf hungrige Mäuler zu stopfen — (fig.) he's got five hungry mouths to feed; das od

    sein Maul aufmachen — (fig.) say something

    ein großes Maul haben — (fig.) shoot one's mouth off (fig. sl.)

    halt's od. halt dein Maul — shut your trap (sl.); shut up (coll.); s. auch stopfen 1. 4); verbrennen 2. 2)

    * * *
    Mäuler n.
    mouth of an animal n.
    muzzle n.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Maul

  • 95 cock

    [kok] 1. noun
    1) (the male of birds, especially of the domestic fowl: a cock and three hens; ( also adjective) a cock sparrow.) hane
    2) (a kind of tap for controlling the flow of liquid, gas etc.) hane
    3) (a slang word for the penis.) pik
    2. verb
    1) (to cause to stand upright or to lift: The dog cocked its ears.) løfte; spidse
    2) (to draw back the hammer of (a gun).) afsikre
    3) (to tilt up or sideways (especially a hat).) sætte på skrå
    •
    - cocky
    - cock-and-bull story
    - cock-crow
    - cock-eyed
    - cocksure
    * * *
    [kok] 1. noun
    1) (the male of birds, especially of the domestic fowl: a cock and three hens; ( also adjective) a cock sparrow.) hane
    2) (a kind of tap for controlling the flow of liquid, gas etc.) hane
    3) (a slang word for the penis.) pik
    2. verb
    1) (to cause to stand upright or to lift: The dog cocked its ears.) løfte; spidse
    2) (to draw back the hammer of (a gun).) afsikre
    3) (to tilt up or sideways (especially a hat).) sætte på skrå
    •
    - cocky
    - cock-and-bull story
    - cock-crow
    - cock-eyed
    - cocksure

    English-Danish dictionary > cock

  • 96 gayet emin

    adj. cocksure
    * * *
    cocksure

    Turkish-English dictionary > gayet emin

  • 97 cocksurely

    cock.sure.ly
    [kɔkʃ'uəli] adv = link=cocksure cocksure.

    English-Portuguese dictionary > cocksurely

  • 98 völlig sicher

    adj.
    cocksure adj. adv.
    with a cocksure attitude adv.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > völlig sicher

  • 99 itsevarma

    yks.nom. itsevarma; yks.gen. itsevarman; yks.part. itsevarmaa; yks.ill. itsevarmaan; mon.gen. itsevarmojen itsevarmain; mon.part. itsevarmoja; mon.ill. itsevarmoihin
    assured (adje)
    cocksure (adje)
    confident (adje)
    jaunty (adje)
    pragmatic (adje)
    self-assertive (adje)
    self-assured (adje)
    self-confident (adje)
    * * *
    • assure
    • assured
    • cocksure
    • confident
    • jaunty
    • pragmatic
    • self-assertive
    • selfassured
    • self-assured
    • selfconfident
    • self-confident

    Suomi-Englanti sanakirja > itsevarma

  • 100 самоуверенно

    нареч. with self-confidence, with self-assurance
    самоуверенн|о - over-confide;
    with great self-confidence;
    ~ость ж. (self-) assurance, over-confident;
    cocksure paзг. ;
    ~ый человек over-confident person;
    ~ый тон self-assured tone.

    Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > самоуверенно

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