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1 impropriety
noun inconveniencia, incorrección; indecenciatr[ɪmprə'praɪətɪ]noun (pl improprieties)1 formal use (indecent behaviour) impropiedad nombre femenino, falta de decoro; (dishonest practice) deshonestidad nombre femenino, indecencia1) indecorousness: indecoro m, falta f de decoro2) error: impropiedad f, incorrección fn.• impropiedad s.f.• inconveniencia s.f.• indecencia s.f.• indecoro s.m.• pitada s.f.'ɪmprə'praɪətia) c ( breach of decorum) incorrección fb) u ( quality) falta f de decoro, incorrección fc) u ( incorrectness) (frml) impropiedad f[ˌɪmprǝ'praɪǝtɪ]N [of person, behaviour] (=unseemliness) incorrección f, falta f de decoro; (=indecency) indecencia f ; [of language] impropiedad f ; (=illicit nature) deshonestidad f* * *['ɪmprə'praɪəti]a) c ( breach of decorum) incorrección fb) u ( quality) falta f de decoro, incorrección fc) u ( incorrectness) (frml) impropiedad f -
2 propriety
(correctness of behaviour; decency; rightness.) decoro, decencia, correccióntr[prə'praɪətɪ]noun (pl proprieties)1 (correctness) corrección nombre femenino, decoro, decencia2 (suitability) conveniencia1 convenciones nombre femenino plural sociales1) decorum: decencia f, decoro m2) proprieties nplconventions: convenciones fpl, cánones mpl socialesn.• conducta decorosa s.f.• conveniencia s.f.• decoro s.m.• normas sociales s.f.pl.• procedencia s.f.• propiedad s.f.prə'praɪətia) u ( correctness) corrección f, decoro mb) proprieties pl ( conventions) convenciones fpl, normas fpl[prǝ'praɪǝtɪ]N1) (=decency) decoro m, decencia fbreach of propriety — ofensa f contra el decoro, incorrección f
2) (=appropriateness) conveniencia f* * *[prə'praɪəti]a) u ( correctness) corrección f, decoro mb) proprieties pl ( conventions) convenciones fpl, normas fpl
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