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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 -
2 ínfulas
f.pl.pretenses, presumption, airs, airs and graces.* * *1 pretensions\darse ínfulas to put on airs* * *tener (muchas) ínfulas de algo — to fancy o.s. as sth
* * *femenino pluraldarse or tener muchas ínfulas — to put on o give oneself airs
* * *femenino pluraldarse or tener muchas ínfulas — to put on o give oneself airs
* * *darse or tener muchas ínfulas to put on o give oneself airsse da muchas ínfulas he has a high opinion of himselfse daba ínfulas de intelectual he fancied himself as an intellectual* * *
ínfulas sustantivo femenino plural: darse or tener muchas ínfulas to put on o give oneself airs
' ínfulas' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ínfula
- pretensión
English:
get
* * *ínfulas nfplpretensions;* * *fpl fig:tener odarse ínfulas give o.s. airs* * *ínfulas nfpl1) : conceit2)darse ínfulas : to put on airs -
3 pretensión2
2 = 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.]. -
4 sin pretensiones
adj.unpretending, unassuming, meek, humble.* * *unpretentious, of modest pretensions* * *(adj.) = unassuming, humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.]Ex. The term 'librarian' may confer the impression of being a quiet, respectable and unassuming person and consequently be useful on insurance forms, passports and rental agreements.Ex. In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile.* * *(adj.) = unassuming, humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.]Ex: The term 'librarian' may confer the impression of being a quiet, respectable and unassuming person and consequently be useful on insurance forms, passports and rental agreements.
Ex: In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile. -
5 destroncar
v.1 to detruncate, to lop, to cut short.2 to maim, to dislocate, to cut a body in pieces.3 to ruin, to destroy anyone; obstruct his affairs or pretensions. (Metaphorical)4 to cut short a discourse. (Metaphorical)5 to cut off, to cut down, to fell, to cut from the trunk.María destroncó los arbustos Mary cut off the bushes.6 to stump, to clear of stumps.Los tractores destroncaron el terreno The tractors stumped the land.* * *1 (tronchar un árbol) to chop down2 (interrumpir) to interrupt3 (cortar) to cut* * *VT1) [+ árbol] to chop off, lop the top off2) [+ persona] (=mutilar) to maim, mutilate; (=agotar) to tire out, exhaust3) (=estropear) [+ proyecto] to ruin; [+ desarrollo] to harm, damage, dislocate; [+ discurso] to interrupt4) [+ caballo] to wear out5) LAm [+ planta] to uproot -
6 pujo
m.1 tenesmus (medicina).2 violent desire, eagerness, longing (ansia); anxiety.pres.indicat.1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: pujar.* * *1 MEDICINA tenesmus* * *SM1) (Med) difficulty in relieving o.s., tenesmus frm2) (=ansia) longing, strong urge3) (=intento) attempt, try, shot* * *2 (en el parto) push* * *pujo nmMed tenesmus -
7 falsas pretensiones
f.pl.false pretenses, false pretensions.
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