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  • 1 condescendiente

    adj.
    1 obliging.
    2 condescending, agreeable, assenting, accommodating.
    3 patronizing, obliging.
    * * *
    1 (transigente) condescending
    2 (complaciente) obliging, helpful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=deferente) obliging; (=afable) affable; (=conforme) acquiescent
    2) pey
    * * *
    a) <actitud/respuesta> ( con aires de superioridad) condescending
    b) ( comprensivo) understanding
    * * *
    = smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.
    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. There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex. Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.
    * * *
    a) <actitud/respuesta> ( con aires de superioridad) condescending
    b) ( comprensivo) understanding
    * * *
    = smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.

    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: There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex: Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.

    * * *
    1 ‹actitud/respuesta› (con aires de superioridad) condescending
    2 (comprensivo) understanding
    eres muy poco condescendiente you're not very understanding
    * * *

    condescendiente adjetivo
    a) ‹actitud/respuesta› ( con aires de superioridad) condescending


    condescendiente adjetivo
    1 (amable, deferente) complacent
    2 (con aire de superioridad) condescending
    ' condescendiente' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    compasiva
    - compasivo
    - contemplar
    English:
    condescending
    - patronizing
    - talk down
    - talk
    * * *
    1. [amable] obliging
    2. [altivo] condescending
    * * *
    adj actitud accommodating; desp
    condescending

    Spanish-English dictionary > condescendiente

  • 2 comprensivo

    adj.
    1 understanding, sensitive, tolerant, broad-minded.
    2 understanding.
    3 comprehensive, of large scope, all-embracing, broad-scope.
    4 comprehensive.
    5 comprehensive, providing wide coverage and protection.
    * * *
    1 (tolerante) understanding
    \
    comprensivo,-a de comprising, made up of
    * * *
    (f. - comprensiva)
    adj.
    * * *
    * * *
    - va adjetivo understanding
    * * *
    = comprehensive, forgiving, understanding, empathic, caring, sympathetic, empathetic.
    Ex. One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.
    Ex. Data base design is less forgiving when it comes to intellectual ambiguities than are the traditional methods and tools of the art historian.
    Ex. There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex. A good reference librarian is tactful, intelligent, imaginative, ingenious, helpful, empathic, curious, persistent, energetic, sensitive, polite, and assured.
    Ex. Public library services to children from birth have an essential role in developing a caring, informed and competent adult society.
    Ex. 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.
    Ex. It is imperative for young people to learn to be empathetic, both for their own good and for the good of society as a whole.
    ----
    * poco comprensivo = unsympathetic.
    * ser lo suficientemente comprensivo = go + far enough.
    * * *
    - va adjetivo understanding
    * * *
    = comprehensive, forgiving, understanding, empathic, caring, sympathetic, empathetic.

    Ex: One of the factors to consider in the selection of a data base is whether the data base is comprehensive or not.

    Ex: Data base design is less forgiving when it comes to intellectual ambiguities than are the traditional methods and tools of the art historian.
    Ex: There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.
    Ex: A good reference librarian is tactful, intelligent, imaginative, ingenious, helpful, empathic, curious, persistent, energetic, sensitive, polite, and assured.
    Ex: Public library services to children from birth have an essential role in developing a caring, informed and competent adult society.
    Ex: 'We should be more sympathetic and persuasive with the chief honchos'.
    Ex: It is imperative for young people to learn to be empathetic, both for their own good and for the good of society as a whole.
    * poco comprensivo = unsympathetic.
    * ser lo suficientemente comprensivo = go + far enough.

    * * *
    understanding
    * * *

    comprensivo
    ◊ -va adjetivo

    understanding
    comprensivo,-a adjetivo understanding: es muy comprensiva, she's very understanding

    ' comprensivo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    benigna
    - benigno
    - comprensiva
    - liberal
    - condescendiente
    English:
    caring
    - forgiving
    - sport
    - sympathetic
    - understanding
    - unsympathetic
    * * *
    comprensivo, -a adj
    understanding;
    mostrarse comprensivo (con alguien) to be understanding (with sb)
    * * *
    adj understanding
    * * *
    comprensivo, -va adj
    : understanding
    * * *
    comprensivo adj understanding / sympathetic

    Spanish-English dictionary > comprensivo

  • 3 condescendencia

    • acquiescence
    • affability
    • complaisance
    • condescendence
    • condescension
    • leniency
    • patronising
    • patronization
    • patronize
    • patronizingly

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > condescendencia

  • 4 madrina

    • godliness
    • godown
    • patronage motives
    • patronising
    • protectress

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > madrina

  • 5 patrona

    • landing weight
    • landless
    • patronage motives
    • patronising
    • proprietress

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > patrona

См. также в других словарях:

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  • patronise — /ˈpætrənaɪz / (say patruhnuyz), /ˈpeɪtrənaɪz/ (say paytruhnuyz) verb (t) (patronised, patronising) 1. to favour (a shop, restaurant, etc.) with one s patronage; to trade with. 2. to treat in a condescending way: * Don t patronize me! she said… …  

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