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pompous

  • 1 demostración pomposa

    • pompous show

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > demostración pomposa

  • 2 exhibición pomposa

    • pompous exhibition

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > exhibición pomposa

  • 3 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

  • 4 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

  • 5 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

  • 6 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

  • 7 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

  • 8 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'.

    * * *
    (detallista) pedantic; (presuntuoso) pompous
    pedant
    * * *

    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

  • 9 engolado

    adj.
    hoity-toity, affected, pey.
    * * *
    1 (persona) arrogant, pompous
    2 (estilo etc) high-flown
    * * *
    ADJ (fig) haughty
    * * *
    - da adjetivo pompous
    * * *
    - da adjetivo pompous
    * * *
    pompous
    * * *
    engolado, -a adj
    [presuntuoso] presumptuous, arrogant; [pomposo] pompous, bombastic
    * * *
    adj pompous

    Spanish-English dictionary > engolado

  • 10 hinchado

    adj.
    1 swollen, bloated, bulging, baggy.
    2 intumescent.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: hinchar.
    * * *
    1→ link=hinchar hinchar
    1 (inflado) inflated, blown up
    2 (piel) swollen, puffed up; (estómago) bloated
    3 figurado (persona) vain, conceited
    4 figurado (estilo, lenguaje) pompous, bombastic
    * * *
    (f. - hinchada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=inflamado) swollen
    2) (=vanidoso) [persona] swollen-headed, conceited; [estilo] pompous, high-flown
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <vientre/pierna> swollen; <estilo/lenguaje> overblown
    * * *
    = inflated, puffy [puffier -comp., puffiest -sup.], bulging, turgid.
    Ex. The notation 796.33 is used for sporst involving an inflated ball propelled (driven) by foot.
    Ex. The puffy white clouds more suggestive of cotton candy than cumulonimbus.
    Ex. Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.
    Ex. I recently found out that ' turgid,' which actually means 'swollen' and that I was confusing it with 'turbid,' a word I've never heard.
    ----
    * con los ojos hinchados = bleary-eyed.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo <vientre/pierna> swollen; <estilo/lenguaje> overblown
    * * *
    = inflated, puffy [puffier -comp., puffiest -sup.], bulging, turgid.

    Ex: The notation 796.33 is used for sporst involving an inflated ball propelled (driven) by foot.

    Ex: The puffy white clouds more suggestive of cotton candy than cumulonimbus.
    Ex: Ladies bemoan their fat tummies, wobbly thighs, bulging hips and flabby thighs.
    Ex: I recently found out that ' turgid,' which actually means 'swollen' and that I was confusing it with 'turbid,' a word I've never heard.
    * con los ojos hinchados = bleary-eyed.

    * * *
    1 ‹vientre/pierna› swollen
    2 ‹estilo/lenguaje› overblown
    * * *

     

    Del verbo hinchar: ( conjugate hinchar)

    hinchado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    hinchado    
    hinchar
    hinchado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ‹vientre/pierna› swollen;


    ‹estilo/lenguaje› overblown
    hinchar ( conjugate hinchar) verbo transitivo (Esp) ‹ globo› to inflate (frml), to blow up;
    ‹ rueda› to inflate, pump up;
    ‹suceso/noticia› (fam) to blow … up (colloq)
    verbo intransitivo (CS fam) ( fastidiar) [ persona] to be a pain in the ass (AmE vulg) o (BrE vulg) arse;
    (+ me/te/le etc)
    ◊ me hincha su actitud his attitude really pisses me off (sl)

    hincharse verbo pronominal
    a) [vientre/pierna] (+ me/te/le etc) to swell up

    b) (fam) ( enorgullecerse) to swell with pride

    c) (Esp fam) ( hartarse) hinchadose de algo ‹de pasteles/ostras› to stuff oneself with sth

    hinchado,-a adjetivo
    1 (de aire) inflated, blown up
    2 Med (inflamado) swollen, puffed up
    (estómago) bloated
    3 fig (grandilocuente, afectado) bombastic, pompous
    hinchar verbo transitivo
    1 (un globo) to inflate, blow up
    2 fig (una historia, un presupuesto) to inflate, exaggerate: hincharon un poco los hechos para darle más interés a la historia, they embellished the facts a bit to make the story more interesting
    ' hinchado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    abotargada
    - abotargado
    - esteroide
    - hinchada
    English:
    bloated
    - inflated
    - puffy
    - swollen
    - puffed
    * * *
    hinchado, -a adj
    1. [rueda, globo] inflated
    2. [cara, tobillo] swollen
    3. [engreído] [persona] bigheaded, conceited;
    [lenguaje, estilo] bombastic
    * * *
    adj swollen
    * * *
    hinchado, -da adj
    1) : swollen, inflated
    2) : pompous, overblown

    Spanish-English dictionary > hinchado

  • 11 campanudo

    adj.
    1 wide, puffed up, bell-shaped (clothes).
    2 high-flown; bombastic; windy.
    3 pompous (speech).
    * * *
    1 (forma de campana) bell-shaped
    2 (escrito, orador) pompous
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [objeto] bell-shaped; [falda] wide, flared
    2) [estilo] high-flown, bombastic, windy *; [orador] pompous
    * * *
    1 ‹falda› bell-shaped, full
    2 ‹sonido› bell-like, resonant
    * * *
    campanudo, -a adj
    1. [acampanado] bell-shaped
    2. [grandilocuente] high-flown;
    retórica campanuda high-flown rhetoric
    * * *
    adj
    1 voz resonant
    2 persona pompous

    Spanish-English dictionary > campanudo

  • 12 abuelete

    = codger.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > abuelete

  • 13 acartonado

    adj.
    cardboard-like, resembling pasteboard.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: acartonarse.
    * * *
    1→ link=acartonarse acartonarse
    1 cardboard-like, stiff
    2 (piel) wizened, shrivelled up
    * * *
    ADJ [superficie] like cardboard; (=enjuto) wizened
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < piel> wizened
    b) < estilo> stilted; < actuación> wooden; < modales> stuffy, stilted; < sociedad> stultified
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    Ex. Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) < piel> wizened
    b) < estilo> stilted; < actuación> wooden; < modales> stuffy, stilted; < sociedad> stultified
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].

    Ex: Some children are prepared to patronize the shop, and use it in quite a different way, when they find the library (however well run) stuffy or off-putting.

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    * * *
    1 ‹piel/cara› wizened
    2 ‹estilo› stilted; ‹actuación/interpretación› wooden; ‹modales› stuffy, stilted; ‹sociedad› stultified
    3 ( Chi fam) ‹persona› stiff
    * * *
    acartonado, -a adj
    1. [piel] wizened;
    tengo la piel acartonada my skin feels dry
    2. [tela] stiff
    3. [estilo, personaje] wooden
    4. Am [persona] stiff
    * * *
    adj piel, persona wizened

    Spanish-English dictionary > acartonado

  • 14 almidonado

    adj.
    starched, starchy.
    m.
    starching, stiffening.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: almidonar.
    * * *
    1→ link=almidonar almidonar
    1 familiar (demasiado acicalado) dressed up to the nines
    2 familiar (estirado) stuffy, starchy, uptight
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [ropa] starched
    2) [persona] (=estirado) stiff, starchy; (=pulcro) dapper, spruce
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) < persona> ( estirado) stuffy (colloq); ( demasiado acicalado)
    * * *
    = starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].
    Ex. The traditional image of nurses, mostly women, in starched uniforms and white caps, giving care at the bedside in the hospital is out of date.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) < persona> ( estirado) stuffy (colloq); ( demasiado acicalado)
    * * *
    = starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.].

    Ex: The traditional image of nurses, mostly women, in starched uniforms and white caps, giving care at the bedside in the hospital is out of date.

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    * * *
    A ‹ropa/mantel› starched
    B ( fam) ‹persona› (estirado) stuffy ( colloq), starchy ( colloq)
    (demasiado acicalado): sus niños van siempre tan almidonados her children are always dressed so neat and tidy
    * * *
    almidonado, -a
    ♦ adj
    starched
    ♦ nm
    starching
    * * *
    adj fig
    stuffy, starchy

    Spanish-English dictionary > almidonado

  • 15 altisonante

    adj.
    high-sounding.
    * * *
    1 grandiloquent, pompous
    * * *
    adjetivo highflown
    * * *
    = ringing, high-flown, bombastic.
    Ex. Some recent literature on higher education has attempted to reaffirm, with ringing rhetoric, the principle that the search for the truth is the foundation of academic ethics.
    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 highflown
    * * *
    = ringing, high-flown, bombastic.

    Ex: Some recent literature on higher education has attempted to reaffirm, with ringing rhetoric, the principle that the search for the truth is the foundation of academic ethics.

    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].

    * * *
    highflown
    * * *

    altisonante adjetivo grandiloquent, high-sounding
    ' altisonante' also found in these entries:
    English:
    grandiose
    - high
    * * *
    altisonante, altísono, -a adj
    high-sounding
    * * *
    adj high-flown
    * * *
    1) : pompous, affected (of language)
    2) Mex : rude, obscene (of language)

    Spanish-English dictionary > altisonante

  • 16 aparatoso

    adj.
    1 luxurious in excess, presumptuous.
    2 pompous, showy, pretentious, ostentatious.
    3 dramatic.
    * * *
    1 (ostentoso) pompous, showy, ostentatious
    2 (exagerado) exaggerated
    3 (caída, accidente) spectacular
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=exagerado) [persona, gestos] showy, ostentatious; [objeto, ropa] flamboyant

    ¡qué aparatoso eres al hablar! — you've got such a showy o flamboyant way of speaking

    2) [accidente, caída] spectacular, dramatic
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < gesto> flamboyant; < sombrero> showy, flamboyant; <caída/accidente> spectacular, dramatic
    * * *
    Ex. Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.
    ----
    * entrada aparatosa = explosive entrance.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo < gesto> flamboyant; < sombrero> showy, flamboyant; <caída/accidente> spectacular, dramatic
    * * *

    Ex: Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.

    * entrada aparatosa = explosive entrance.

    * * *
    1 ‹gestos/ademán› flamboyant; ‹sombrero› showy, flamboyant
    2 ‹caída/accidente› spectacular, dramatic
    * * *

    aparatoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹ gesto› flamboyant;


    ‹ sombrero› showy, flamboyant;
    ‹caída/accidente› spectacular, dramatic
    aparatoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (pomposo) ostentatious, showy
    2 (espectacular) spectacular
    3 (voluminoso) bulky
    ' aparatoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aparatosa
    * * *
    aparatoso, -a adj
    1. [ostentoso] ostentatious, showy
    2. [espectacular] spectacular;
    el accidente fue muy aparatoso, pero no ocurrió nada grave the accident looked very spectacular, but no one was seriously injured
    * * *
    adj
    1 vestido, collar fancy
    2 caída spectacular
    3 vendaje, armazón bulky
    * * *
    aparatoso, -sa adj
    1) : ostentatious
    2) : spectacular

    Spanish-English dictionary > aparatoso

  • 17 bajar a Alguien del pedestal

    (v.) = knock + Nombre + off + Posesivo + pedestal, cut + Nombre + down to size
    Ex. They are seen as pompous and elite, and there's nothing quite like knocking them off their pedestal.
    Ex. He told Thaksin that when he himself was a boy, his mother always cut him down to size when he got too big for his boots.
    * * *
    (v.) = knock + Nombre + off + Posesivo + pedestal, cut + Nombre + down to size

    Ex: They are seen as pompous and elite, and there's nothing quite like knocking them off their pedestal.

    Ex: He told Thaksin that when he himself was a boy, his mother always cut him down to size when he got too big for his boots.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bajar a Alguien del pedestal

  • 18 bajarle los humos a Alguien

    figurado to put somebody in his/her place
    * * *
    (v.) = knock + Nombre + off + Posesivo + pedestal, cut + Nombre + down to size, take + the wind out of + Posesivo + sails
    Ex. They are seen as pompous and elite, and there's nothing quite like knocking them off their pedestal.
    Ex. He told Thaksin that when he himself was a boy, his mother always cut him down to size when he got too big for his boots.
    Ex. He then took the wind out of the sails of the political opposition two weeks ago when they had him on the run and he agreed to a general election.
    * * *
    (v.) = knock + Nombre + off + Posesivo + pedestal, cut + Nombre + down to size, take + the wind out of + Posesivo + sails

    Ex: They are seen as pompous and elite, and there's nothing quite like knocking them off their pedestal.

    Ex: He told Thaksin that when he himself was a boy, his mother always cut him down to size when he got too big for his boots.
    Ex: He then took the wind out of the sails of the political opposition two weeks ago when they had him on the run and he agreed to a general election.

    Spanish-English dictionary > bajarle los humos a Alguien

  • 19 brusco

    adj.
    1 sudden, abrupt.
    2 snappish, gruff, rude, blunt.
    * * *
    1 (repentino) sudden
    2 (persona) brusque, abrupt
    * * *
    (f. - brusca)
    adj.
    1) sudden, abrupt
    2) brusque, rough
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=repentino) [descenso, curva, declive] sharp; [movimiento] sudden; [cambio] abrupt, sudden
    2) (=grosero) [actitud, porte] curt, brusque; [comentario] rude
    2.
    SM (Bot) butcher's broom
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) <movimiento/cambio> abrupt, sudden; <subida/descenso> sharp, sudden, abrupt
    b) <carácter/modales> rough; <tono/gesto> brusque, abrupt; < respuesta> curt, brusque
    * * *
    = abrasive, abrupt, curt, gruff, blunt, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand].
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex. The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.
    Ex. She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.
    Ex. The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
    Ex. He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex. A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex. The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    ----
    * brusca y repentinamente = summarily.
    * cambio brusco = flip-flop.
    * cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.
    * * *
    - ca adjetivo
    a) <movimiento/cambio> abrupt, sudden; <subida/descenso> sharp, sudden, abrupt
    b) <carácter/modales> rough; <tono/gesto> brusque, abrupt; < respuesta> curt, brusque
    * * *
    = abrasive, abrupt, curt, gruff, blunt, short, short-tempered, off-hand [offhand].

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

    Ex: There were abrupt fluctuations in his output from one week to the next.
    Ex: The young man pointed to him and said in a sharp, curt tone: 'Let me see your briefcase'.
    Ex: She is a controversial figure, and has a reputation for being direct and gruff.
    Ex: The author discusses the range of enquiries he deals with, the sources of information he uses, and the blunt attitude with which he deals with many enquirers.
    Ex: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload.
    Ex: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.
    Ex: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.
    * brusca y repentinamente = summarily.
    * cambio brusco = flip-flop.
    * cambio brusco de velocidad del viento = wind shear.

    * * *
    brusco -ca
    1 ‹movimiento/cambio› abrupt, sudden; ‹subida/descenso/viraje› sharp, sudden, abrupt
    el brusco giro de los acontecimientos the sudden turn of events
    se deben evitar las frenadas bruscas you should avoid braking suddenly o sharply
    2 ‹carácter/modales› rough; ‹tono/gesto› brusque, abrupt; ‹respuesta› curt, brusque
    no seas tan brusco que lo vas a romper don't be so rough or you'll break it
    * * *

    brusco
    ◊ -ca adjetivo

    a) ‹movimiento/cambio› abrupt, sudden;

    ‹subida/descenso› sharp, sudden
    b) ‹carácter/modales› rough;

    ‹tono/gesto› brusque, abrupt;
    ‹ respuesta› curt, brusque
    brusco,-a adjetivo
    1 (rudo, poco amable) brusque, abrupt
    2 (súbito) sudden, sharp
    ' brusco' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    brusca
    - dura
    - duro
    - sacudida
    - tajante
    - viraje
    - bestia
    - bruto
    - explosión
    English:
    abrupt
    - blunt
    - brusque
    - curt
    - dramatic
    - gruff
    - jerk
    - offhand
    - rough
    - rough-and-tumble
    - sharp
    - short
    - sudden
    - swerve
    - switch
    - unceremonious
    - snappy
    - steep
    - toss
    * * *
    brusco, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [repentino, imprevisto] sudden, abrupt;
    un cambio brusco de las temperaturas a sudden change in temperature;
    dio un frenazo brusco she braked sharply
    2. [tosco, grosero] brusque;
    me contestó de forma brusca he answered me brusquely
    ♦ nm,f
    brusque person
    * * *
    adj
    1 cambio abrupt, sudden
    2 respuesta, persona brusque, curt
    * * *
    brusco, -ca adj
    1) súbito: sudden, abrupt
    2) : curt, brusque
    ♦ bruscamente adv
    * * *
    brusco adj
    1. (repetino) sudden
    2. (persona) abrupt

    Spanish-English dictionary > brusco

  • 20 ceremonioso

    adj.
    ceremonious, excessively formal, courtly, stiff.
    * * *
    1 (que observa las ceremonias) ceremonious, formal
    * * *
    ADJ [reunión, saludo, visita] formal; [ambiente] ceremonious
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ceremonious
    * * *
    Ex. From the time of the Celtic occupation of Ireland in 500 BC, music played by harpers has been associated with ancient warfare and with banquets and ceremonious occasions.
    ----
    * ser muy ceremonioso = stand on + ceremony.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo ceremonious
    * * *

    Ex: From the time of the Celtic occupation of Ireland in 500 BC, music played by harpers has been associated with ancient warfare and with banquets and ceremonious occasions.

    * ser muy ceremonioso = stand on + ceremony.

    * * *
    ‹ademán› ceremonious; ‹comportamiento› formal, ceremonious
    * * *

    ceremonioso,-a adjetivo ceremonious, formal
    pey pompous, stiff
    ' ceremonioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ceremoniosa
    English:
    formal
    - unceremonious
    * * *
    ceremonioso, -a adj
    ceremonious
    * * *
    adj ceremonious
    * * *
    ceremonioso, -sa adj
    : ceremonious

    Spanish-English dictionary > ceremonioso

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