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[prɪ'tenʃəs]aggettivo pretenzioso* * *pretentious /prɪˈtɛnʃəs/a.pretenzioso, presuntuoso; vanitoso: a pretentious writer, uno scrittore pretenziosopretentiously avv. pretentiousness n. [u].* * *[prɪ'tenʃəs]aggettivo pretenzioso -
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3 fancy
I 1. ['fænsɪ]1) (liking)to catch o take sb.'s fancy [ object] piacere a qcn.; he had taken her fancy le era piaciuto, aveva fatto colpo su di lei; to take a fancy to sb. affezionarsi a qcn.; BE incapricciarsi di qcn.; I've taken a fancy to that car — quell'auto mi piace molto
2) (whim) capriccio m.as, when the fancy takes me — come, quando ne ho voglia
3) (fantasy) immaginazione f., fantasia f.4) BE form.2.I have a fancy that — ho idea o l'impressione che
1) (elaborate) [lighting, equipment] sofisticato; [paper, box] fantasia; [ food] elaborato2) colloq. spreg. (pretentious) [ place] da fichetti; [ price] esorbitante, salato; [ idea] stravagante, bizzarro; [ clothes] ricercato3) zool. [ breed] di razza selezionataII 1. ['fænsɪ]2) BE colloq. (feel attracted to)fancy seeing you here! — colloq. che combinazione vederti qui!
2.fancy that! — colloq. pensa un po'! ma guarda!
verbo riflessivo colloq. spreg.* * *['fænsi] 1. plural - fancies; noun1) (a sudden (often unexpected) liking or desire: The child had many peculiar fancies.) capriccio2) (the power of the mind to imagine things: She had a tendency to indulge in flights of fancy.) immaginazione, fantasia3) (something imagined: He had a sudden fancy that he could see Spring approaching.) impressione2. adjective(decorated; not plain: fancy cakes.) decorato3. verb1) (to like the idea of having or doing something: I fancy a cup of tea.) gradire2) (to think or have a certain feeling or impression (that): I fancied (that) you were angry.) immaginare3) (to have strong sexual interest in (a person): He fancies her a lot.) piacere•- fanciful- fancifully
- fancy dress
- take a fancy to
- take one's fancy* * *I 1. ['fænsɪ]1) (liking)to catch o take sb.'s fancy [ object] piacere a qcn.; he had taken her fancy le era piaciuto, aveva fatto colpo su di lei; to take a fancy to sb. affezionarsi a qcn.; BE incapricciarsi di qcn.; I've taken a fancy to that car — quell'auto mi piace molto
2) (whim) capriccio m.as, when the fancy takes me — come, quando ne ho voglia
3) (fantasy) immaginazione f., fantasia f.4) BE form.2.I have a fancy that — ho idea o l'impressione che
1) (elaborate) [lighting, equipment] sofisticato; [paper, box] fantasia; [ food] elaborato2) colloq. spreg. (pretentious) [ place] da fichetti; [ price] esorbitante, salato; [ idea] stravagante, bizzarro; [ clothes] ricercato3) zool. [ breed] di razza selezionataII 1. ['fænsɪ]2) BE colloq. (feel attracted to)fancy seeing you here! — colloq. che combinazione vederti qui!
2.fancy that! — colloq. pensa un po'! ma guarda!
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4 type
I [taɪp]1) (variety, kind) tipo m., genere m.I'm not that type I don't go in for that type of thing non è il mio genere; he's one of those pretentious university types è uno di quegli universitari presuntuosi; I know his type spreg. conosco quel genere di persone; you know the type of thing I mean — sai di cosa sto parlando o ciò che voglio dire
2) (archetype) tipo m., esemplare m., personificazione f.to play o be cast against type — cinem. teatr. fare un ruolo che non è il proprio, per cui non si è tagliati
3) tip. tipo m., carattere m.II 1. [taɪp]bold, italic type — grassetto, corsivo
1) (on typewriter) battere, scrivere a macchina, dattilografare [word, letter]2) (classify) classificare [ blood sample]; classificare, rappresentare [ person] (as come)2.verbo intransitivo scrivere, battere a macchina- type in- type out- type up* * *I noun(a kind, sort; variety: What type of house would you prefer to live in?; They are marketing a new type of washing powder.)II 1. noun1) ((a particular variety of) metal blocks with letters, numbers etc used in printing: Can we have the headline printed in a different type?)2) (printed letters, words etc: I can't read the type - it's too small.)2. verb(to write (something) using a typewriter: Can you type?; I'm typing a letter.)- typing- typewriting
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- typewriter* * *I [taɪp]1) (variety, kind) tipo m., genere m.I'm not that type I don't go in for that type of thing non è il mio genere; he's one of those pretentious university types è uno di quegli universitari presuntuosi; I know his type spreg. conosco quel genere di persone; you know the type of thing I mean — sai di cosa sto parlando o ciò che voglio dire
2) (archetype) tipo m., esemplare m., personificazione f.to play o be cast against type — cinem. teatr. fare un ruolo che non è il proprio, per cui non si è tagliati
3) tip. tipo m., carattere m.II 1. [taɪp]bold, italic type — grassetto, corsivo
1) (on typewriter) battere, scrivere a macchina, dattilografare [word, letter]2) (classify) classificare [ blood sample]; classificare, rappresentare [ person] (as come)2.verbo intransitivo scrivere, battere a macchina- type in- type out- type up -
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Pretentious — Pre*ten tious, a. [Cf. F. pr[ e]tentieux. See {Pretend}.] Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one s; presuming; assuming. {Pre*ten tious*ly}, adv. {Pre*ten tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pretentious — I (ostentatious) adjective adorned, artificial, bespangled, brassy, conspicuous, decorated, embellished, flamboyant, flashy, fulgent, fulgid, garish, gaudy, iactans, meretricious, ornamented, ornate, ornatus, overly decorated, showy, superficial … Law dictionary
pretentious — (adj.) 1845, from Fr. prétentieux (17c.), from prétention pretension, from M.L. pretentionem (nom. pretentio) pretension, from L.L. prætensus pretend (see PRETENSE (Cf. pretense)) … Etymology dictionary
pretentious — 1 *showy, ostentatious Analogous words: *gaudy, garish, flashy: *ornate, flamboyant, florid, baroque, rococo Antonyms: unpretentious 2 *ambitious, Utopian Analogous words: aiming, aspiring, panting (see … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pretentious — [adj] snobbish, conceited affected, arty, assuming, aureate, big*, bombastic, chichi*, conspicuous, euphuistic, exaggerated, extravagant, feigned, flamboyant, flashy, flaunting, flowery, gaudy, grandiloquent, grandiose, highfaluting*, high flown* … New thesaurus
pretentious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed. DERIVATIVES pretentiously adverb pretentiousness noun … English terms dictionary
pretentious — [prē ten′shəs, priten′shəs] adj. [Fr prétentieux < prétention, pretension + eux, OUS] 1. making claims, explicit or implicit, to some distinction, importance, dignity, or excellence 2. affectedly grand; ostentatious pretentiously adv.… … English World dictionary
pretentious — adjective Etymology: French prétentieux, from prétention pretension, from Medieval Latin pretention , pretentio, from Latin praetendere Date: 1832 1. characterized by pretension: as a. making usually unjustified or excessive claims (as of value… … New Collegiate Dictionary
pretentious — pre|ten|tious [ prı tenʃəs ] adjective behaving in a way that is intended to impress other people but seems false or too deliberate: It s so pretentious of her to greet everyone in French. a. used about someone s behavior or attitude: a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pretentious — [[t]prɪte̱nʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone or something is pretentious, you mean that they try to seem important or significant, but you do not think that they are. His response was full of pretentious nonsense... This… … English dictionary
pretentious — UK [prɪˈtenʃəs] / US adjective showing disapproval behaving in a way that is intended to impress other people but seems false or too deliberate It s so pretentious of her to greet everyone in French. a) used about someone s behaviour or attitude… … English dictionary