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prim

  • 1 delgado

    prim

    Vocabulario Castellano-Catalán > delgado

  • 2 ataviarse con excesivo detalle

    • prim
    • prim oneself up
    • primp
    • primp oneself up
    • prink
    • prink oneself up

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > ataviarse con excesivo detalle

  • 3 primogénito

    primɔ'xenito
    m
    Erstgeborener m, Stammhalter m
    ————————
    ( femenino primogénita) sustantivo masculino y femenino
    Erstgeborene der, die
    primogénito
    primogénito , -a [primo'xenito, -a]
    erstgeboren
    II sustantivo masculino, femenino
    Erstgeborene(r) masculino y femenino

    Diccionario Español-Alemán > primogénito

  • 4 primordial

    primɔr'đǐal
    adj
    adjetivo
    primordial
    primordial [primor'ðjal]
    num1num (más importante) vorrangig; este asunto es de interés primordial diese Angelegenheit hat Vorrang
    num2num (fundamental) wesentlich; para vivir en Alemania es primordial hablar alemán um in Deutschland zu leben, muss man unbedingt Deutsch sprechen

    Diccionario Español-Alemán > primordial

  • 5 remilgado

    adj.
    finicky, fastidious, affected, fussy.
    f. & m.
    fussbudget, fuddy-duddy, fuddy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: remilgarse.
    * * *
    1→ link=remilgarse remilgarse
    1 (afectado) affected
    2 (con la comida) fussy, finicky
    3 (mojigato) prudish
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=melindroso) finicky, fussy, particular
    2) (=mojigato) prudish, prim
    3) (=afectado) affected
    * * *
    - da adjetivo fussy
    * * *
    = prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget.
    Ex. It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.
    Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo fussy
    * * *
    = prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget.

    Ex: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.

    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.
    Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.
    Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.

    * * *
    fussy
    está muy sucio — ¡pero qué remilgado eres! it's filthy — oh, don't be so fussy o so fastidious o ( colloq) such a fusspot!
    es tan remilgada, no prueba nada de comida extranjera she's so fussy o particular, she won't even try foreign food
    * * *

    remilgado
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    fussy
    remilgado,-a adj pey (repipi, afectado) fussy
    (con la comida) picky

    ' remilgado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ñoña
    - ñoño
    - remilgada
    - melindroso
    English:
    prim
    - prissy
    - proper
    - prudish
    * * *
    remilgado, -a, Méx remilgoso, -a adj
    1. [afectado] affected
    2. [escrupuloso] squeamish;
    [con comida] fussy, finicky
    * * *
    adj fussy, finicky
    * * *
    remilgado, -da adj
    1) : prim, prudish
    2) : affected

    Spanish-English dictionary > remilgado

  • 6 mojigato

    adj.
    prudish, hypocritical, straight-laced, straitlaced.
    m.
    prude, prig, goody-goody.
    * * *
    1 (gazmoño) prudish; (falso) sanctimonious
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (gazmoño) prude; (falso) sanctimonious person
    * * *
    mojigato, -a
    1.
    ADJ (=santurrón) sanctimonious; (=puritano) prudish, strait-laced
    2.
    SM / F (=santurrón) sanctimonious person; (=puritano) prude
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo prudish, straitlaced
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino prude
    * * *
    = prude, prudish, sanctimonious, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].
    Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.
    Ex. In his outward appearance Hitler showed himself as a prudish & ascetic person, overly concerned with personal cleanliness.
    Ex. These denunciations make libraries look both sanctimonious and hypocritical for trying to save the world when they have failed to put ther own house in order.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex. Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.
    * * *
    I
    - ta adjetivo prudish, straitlaced
    II
    - ta masculino, femenino prude
    * * *
    = prude, prudish, sanctimonious, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].

    Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

    Ex: In his outward appearance Hitler showed himself as a prudish & ascetic person, overly concerned with personal cleanliness.
    Ex: These denunciations make libraries look both sanctimonious and hypocritical for trying to save the world when they have failed to put ther own house in order.
    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex: Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.

    * * *
    mojigato1 -ta
    prudish, straitlaced, puritanical
    mojigato2 -ta
    masculine, feminine
    prude
    * * *

    mojigato
    ◊ -ta adjetivo

    prudish
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    prude
    mojigato,-a
    I adjetivo prudish
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino prude

    ' mojigato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    mojigata
    - ñoña
    - ñoño
    - gazmoño
    - melindroso
    - puritano
    - zanahoria
    English:
    prig
    - priggish
    - prude
    - sanctimonious
    - uptight
    - prim
    - prudish
    * * *
    mojigato, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [beato] prudish
    2. [falsamente humilde] sanctimonious
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [beato] prude
    2. [persona falsamente humilde] sanctimonious person
    * * *
    I adj prudish
    II m, mojigata f prude
    * * *
    mojigato, -ta adj
    : prudish, prim
    mojigato, -ta n
    : prude, prig

    Spanish-English dictionary > mojigato

  • 7 estirado

    adj.
    1 stretched out, dilated, elongated, outstretched.
    2 stiff, airy-fairy, pretentious, prim.
    f. & m.
    stuck-up person, stiff shirt.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: estirar.
    * * *
    1 (textil) drawing
    2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift
    ————————
    1→ link=estirar estirar
    1 figurado (en el vestir) stiff, formal, starchy
    2 figurado (orgulloso) stiff, conceited, haughty
    1 (textil) drawing
    2 (del pelo) straightening; (de la piel) lift
    * * *
    (f. - estirada)
    adj.
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) (=alargado) stretched
    2) [persona] (=tieso) stiff, starchy; (=engreído) stuck-up *
    3) (=tacaño) tight-fisted
    2.
    SM [de vidrio] drawing; [de pelo] straightening

    estirado de piel, estirado facial — face lift

    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.
    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. The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex. Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex. Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)
    * * *
    = stuffy [stuffier -comp., stuffies -sup.], outstretched, pulled-out, stuck-up, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], starched, starchy [starchier -comp., starchiest -sup.], hoity-toity, stiff.

    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: The 'law of the outstretched arm', by which is understood the rule that information which is further away than can be physically reached has a major impact on information use patterns.
    Ex: Self-effacing nervousness causes the epiglottis to tighten, strangling the words in the throat and stiffening the diaphragm so that it is like pulled-out elastic unable to propel anything.
    Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex: Portraits of that nature are a thing of the past with people sitting around looking stiff and starched.
    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: He could have won that election, if he had played his cards right, not come off as such a stiff, and had some real conviction.

    * * *
    estirado1 -da
    ( fam); stuck-up ( colloq), snooty ( colloq)
    * * *

    Del verbo estirar: ( conjugate estirar)

    estirado es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    estirado    
    estirar
    estirado
    ◊ -da adjetivo (fam) stuck-up (colloq), snooty (colloq)

    estirar ( conjugate estirar) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹goma/elástico/suéter› to stretch;

    ‹cable/soga› to pull out, stretch
    b) ‹sábanas/mantel› ( con las manos) to smooth out;

    ( con la plancha) to run the iron over
    2 ‹brazos/piernas/músculo› to stretch;

    3 ‹dinero/comida/recursos› to make … go further
    estirarse verbo pronominal
    to stretch
    estirado,-a adj pey (persona) stiff
    estirar verbo transitivo
    1 (alargar, tensar) to stretch
    2 (alisar) to smooth out: tienes que estirar la cama, you must straighten the covers
    3 (dinero) to spin out ♦ LOC familiar: estirar la pata, to kick the bucket, bite the dust
    estirar las piernas, to stretch one's legs: voy afuera a estirar las piernas un poco, I'm going outside to strech my legs a bit
    ' estirado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    estirada
    English:
    shirt
    - snooty
    - snotty
    - standoffish
    - stiff
    - stiff-necked
    - stuffy
    - stuck
    - toffee
    * * *
    estirado, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [persona] [altanero] haughty;
    [adusto] uptight
    2. [brazos, piernas] outstretched
    3. [jersey] baggy, shapeless
    ♦ nm
    stretching
    * * *
    I adj snooty fam, stuck-up fam
    II m face-lift;
    hacerse un estirado have a face-lift
    * * *
    estirado, -da adj
    1) : stretched, extended
    2) presumido: stuck-up, conceited

    Spanish-English dictionary > estirado

  • 8 repipí

    adj.
    1 (irritatingly) precocious.
    2 affected, precious, prissy, twee.
    3 know-it-all.
    f. & m.
    precocious brat.
    * * *
    1 familiar la-di-da, affected
    * * *
    adjetivo (esp Esp fam) ( cursi) affected, precious (pej); ( sabihondo)
    * * *
    = prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.].
    Ex. It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    * * *
    adjetivo (esp Esp fam) ( cursi) affected, precious (pej); ( sabihondo)
    * * *
    = prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.].

    Ex: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.

    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.

    * * *
    ( Esp fam)
    1 (afectado, cursi) affected, precious ( pej), twee ( BrE)
    2
    (sabiondo): esta niña es tan repipi she's such a little know-it-all o ( BrE) know-all ( colloq)
    * * *

    repipi
    I adj fam (esp niño) precocious
    (pedante) pedantic
    (ñoño) fussy
    (cursi) affected
    es una niña repipi, she's a precocious brat
    II mf (pedante) pedant
    (ñoño) fussy person
    (cursi) affected person
    (niño) little know-all, show-off
    ' repipi' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    remilgada
    - remilgado
    English:
    madam
    - prissy
    - prim
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    un niño repipi a precocious brat
    ♦ nmf
    precocious brat
    * * *
    adj fam ( afectado) affected;
    es tan repipi niño he’s such a know-it-all fam

    Spanish-English dictionary > repipí

  • 9 correcto y formal

    (adj.) = prim and proper
    Ex. She plays Sarah Morton, a prim and proper British author who has written a successful series of crime novels.
    * * *

    Ex: She plays Sarah Morton, a prim and proper British author who has written a successful series of crime novels.

    Spanish-English dictionary > correcto y formal

  • 10 de comportamiento impecable

    (adj.) = prim and proper
    Ex. She plays Sarah Morton, a prim and proper British author who has written a successful series of crime novels.
    * * *

    Ex: She plays Sarah Morton, a prim and proper British author who has written a successful series of crime novels.

    Spanish-English dictionary > de comportamiento impecable

  • 11 recatado

    adj.
    reserved, prudent, moderate, coy.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: recatar.
    * * *
    1→ link=recatar recatar
    1 (prudente) cautious, prudent
    2 (modesto) modest
    3 (decente) decent
    * * *
    (f. - recatada)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=modesto) modest, shy, demure
    2) (=prudente) cautious, circumspect
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( pudoroso) demure, modest; ( reservado) reserved
    * * *
    = highbrow [high-brow], prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.].
    Ex. The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( pudoroso) demure, modest; ( reservado) reserved
    * * *
    = highbrow [high-brow], prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.].

    Ex: The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.

    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.

    * * *
    1 (pudoroso) demure, modest
    2 (cauto) cautious; (reservado) reserved
    * * *

    Del verbo recatar: ( conjugate recatar)

    recatado es:

    el participio

    recatado
    ◊ -da adjetivo ( pudoroso) demure, modest

    recatado,-a adjetivo modest, demure

    ' recatado' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    recatada
    English:
    demure
    - modest
    - proper
    * * *
    recatado, -a adj
    [pudoroso] modest, demure
    * * *
    adj
    1 modest
    2 ( cauto) cautious
    * * *
    recatado, -da adj
    modesto: modest, demure

    Spanish-English dictionary > recatado

  • 12 pacato

    adj.
    1 prudish.
    2 excessively pacific, of a pacific nature.
    * * *
    1 familiar prudish
    * * *
    ADJ pey
    1) (=tímido) timid
    2) (=modesto) excessively modest, prudish
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo prudish, prim
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo prudish, prim
    * * *
    pacato -ta
    prudish, prim
    * * *

    pacato,-a adjetivo prudish
    ' pacato' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    pacata
    * * *
    pacato, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [mojigato] prudish
    2. [tímido] shy
    ♦ nm,f
    [mojigato] prude
    * * *
    adj prudish, prim and proper

    Spanish-English dictionary > pacato

  • 13 formal

    adj.
    1 formal.
    ser novios formales to be engaged
    2 well-behaved, good (que se porta bien).
    3 reliable (responsable, fiable).
    4 serious, sober (serio).
    5 firm, official.
    * * *
    2 (serio) serious, serious-minded
    3 (cumplidor) reliable, dependable
    4 (cortés) polite
    \
    sed formales behave yourselves
    * * *
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=de fiar) reliable, dependable; (=responsable) responsible
    2) [invitación, protesta] formal; [estilo, lenguaje] formal
    3) (=oficial) [petición, propuesta, compromiso] official
    4) (Fil) formal
    5) (=estructural) formal
    6) And (=afable) affable, pleasant
    * * *
    1) ( cumplidor) reliable, dependable; ( responsable) responsible
    2)
    a) < error> formal
    b) <promesa/oferta> firm; <invitación/compromiso> formal, official; < acusación> formal
    c) <recepción/cena> formal
    * * *
    = dependable, formal, formalised [formalized, -USA], business-like, pro forma [proforma], staid, ceremonious.
    Ex. If the supplier is a dealer, then ensure that this is a reputable and dependable dealer who can provide help with installation, maintenance and support.
    Ex. Obviously a more formal, and a more summarised profile is required in most indexing systems.
    Ex. Examples of traditional less formalized pre-coordinate indexing systems will be considered in the next section.
    Ex. It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex. Later, she realized that the interview was a pro forma procedure = Posteriormente, se dio cuenta de que la entrevista era un trámite meramente formal.
    Ex. As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    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.
    ----
    * análisis formal de documentos = markup [mark-up].
    * corrección formal = procedural justice.
    * correcto y formal = prim and proper.
    * formales, los = serious, the.
    * lenguaje para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup language.
    * relación formal = formal relation.
    * ser muy formal = stand on + ceremony.
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos = markup code.
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup system.
    * titulación formal = formal degree programme.
    * * *
    1) ( cumplidor) reliable, dependable; ( responsable) responsible
    2)
    a) < error> formal
    b) <promesa/oferta> firm; <invitación/compromiso> formal, official; < acusación> formal
    c) <recepción/cena> formal
    * * *
    = dependable, formal, formalised [formalized, -USA], business-like, pro forma [proforma], staid, ceremonious.

    Ex: If the supplier is a dealer, then ensure that this is a reputable and dependable dealer who can provide help with installation, maintenance and support.

    Ex: Obviously a more formal, and a more summarised profile is required in most indexing systems.
    Ex: Examples of traditional less formalized pre-coordinate indexing systems will be considered in the next section.
    Ex: It was generally felt that US libraries are organised on more business-like lines than those in the Netherlands.
    Ex: Later, she realized that the interview was a pro forma procedure = Posteriormente, se dio cuenta de que la entrevista era un trámite meramente formal.
    Ex: As many of the responding librarians pointed out, ' staid, adult-looking pages are not attractive to a teenage audience' = Como muchos de los bibliotecarios encuestados indicaron las "páginas con aspecto serio como si estuviesen dirigidas a adultos no resultan atractivas a un público joven".
    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.
    * análisis formal de documentos = markup [mark-up].
    * corrección formal = procedural justice.
    * correcto y formal = prim and proper.
    * formales, los = serious, the.
    * lenguaje para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup language.
    * relación formal = formal relation.
    * ser muy formal = stand on + ceremony.
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos = markup code.
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup system.
    * titulación formal = formal degree programme.

    * * *
    A (cumplidor) reliable, dependable; (responsable) responsible
    a ver si eres un poco más formal la próxima vez try and be a bit more responsible next time
    ¡sé formalito! behave yourself!
    tiene sólo 21 años pero es muy formal he's only 21 but he's very responsible o serious-minded
    B
    1 ‹error› formal
    2 ‹promesa› firm; ‹invitación/compromiso› formal, official; ‹acusación› formal
    aún no he recibido una oferta formal I haven't had a definite o firm offer yet
    3 ‹recepción/cena› formal
    * * *

    formal adjetivo
    1 ( en general) formal;
    ‹promesa/oferta› firm
    2 ‹ persona› ( cumplidora) reliable, dependable;
    ( responsable) responsible
    formal adjetivo
    1 formal
    2 (serio, educado) serious, serious-minded
    (cumplidor) reliable, dependable
    ' formal' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    aunque
    - bastante
    - ceremoniosa
    - ceremonioso
    - cita
    - denuncia
    - el
    - etiqueta
    - formalismo
    - mayoría
    - participación
    - permitirse
    - baño
    - cena
    - conferencia
    - escolarizar
    - gala
    - novio
    - plática
    - querer
    - traje
    - vestir
    English:
    absent
    - accustom
    - afford
    - audience
    - awaken
    - businesslike
    - dear
    - dependable
    - deserve
    - dinner
    - enjoy
    - far
    - fear
    - formal
    - intend
    - luncheon
    - mention
    - possess
    - propose
    - representation
    - responsible
    - serious
    - shall
    - should
    - sober
    - sober-minded
    - solid
    - speech
    - staid
    - unreliable
    - well-behaved
    - whom
    - affair
    - business
    - evening
    - formality
    - grand
    - grievance
    - prim
    - solemn
    - steady
    - you
    - your
    - yours
    - yourself
    - yourselves
    * * *
    formal adj
    1. [de la forma] formal;
    en su aspecto formal la novela es excelente the formal aspects of the novel are excellent
    2. [legal] formal;
    un requisito formal an official requirement
    3. [que se porta bien] well-behaved, good
    4. [responsable, fiable] reliable;
    son muy poco formales they're very unreliable
    5. [serio] serious, sober;
    el lenguaje formal formal language;
    ser novios formales to be engaged
    * * *
    adj
    1 formal
    2 niño well-behaved
    3 ( responsable) responsible
    * * *
    formal adj
    1) : formal
    2) : serious, dignified
    3) : dependable, reliable
    * * *
    formal adj
    1. (oficial) formal
    2. (persona de fiar) responsible / reliable
    3. (persona educado) well behaved [comp. better behaved; superl. best behaved]

    Spanish-English dictionary > formal

  • 14 gazmoño

    adj.
    prudish, priggish, puritan, self-righteous.
    m.
    prude, prig, nice Nelly.
    * * *
    1 prudish
    * * *
    - ña adjetivo ( pudoroso) prudish; ( mojigato) sanctimonious
    * * *
    - ña adjetivo ( pudoroso) prudish; ( mojigato) sanctimonious
    * * *
    gazmoño1 -ña
    1 (pudoroso) straitlaced, prudish, prim and proper
    2 (remilgado) fussy, prim
    3 (santurrón) sanctimonious, priggish
    gazmoño2 -ña
    masculine, feminine
    1 (pudoroso) straitlaced person, prude
    2 (remilgado) fussy person
    3 (santurrón) sanctimonious person, prig
    * * *

    gazmoño
    ◊ -ña adjetivo ( pudoroso) prudish;


    ( mojigato) sanctimonious
    ' gazmoño' also found in these entries:
    English:
    sanctimonious
    * * *
    gazmoño, -a
    ♦ adj
    sanctimonious, priggish
    ♦ nm,f
    prig
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( recatado) prudish
    2 ( santurrón) sanctimonious
    II m, gazmoña f
    1 ( recatado) prude
    2 ( santurrón) sanctimonious person
    * * *
    gazmoño, -ña adj
    : prudish, prim
    gazmoño, -ña n
    mojigato: prude, prig

    Spanish-English dictionary > gazmoño

  • 15 pudibundo

    adj.
    prudish, puritanical, self-righteous.
    * * *
    1 prudish
    * * *
    ADJ (=mojigato) prudish; (=vergonzoso) bashful, modest; (=tímido) over-shy
    * * *
    - da adjetivo prudish, prim and proper
    * * *
    - da adjetivo prudish, prim and proper
    * * *
    prudish, prim and proper
    * * *
    pudibundo, -a adj
    prudish
    * * *
    adj prudish

    Spanish-English dictionary > pudibundo

  • 16 relamido

    adj.
    1 trim and neat, dressed up with excessive neatness and stylishness, smart and trim, smartly dressed.
    2 affected, phony, hoity-toity, pey.
    3 priggish.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: relamer.
    * * *
    1→ link=relamer relamer
    2 (pulcro) prim and proper
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=afectado) affected
    2) (=acicalado) overdressed
    3) (=remilgado) prim and proper
    4) CAm, Caribe * (=descarado) shameless, cheeky *
    * * *
    - da adjetivo hoity-toity
    * * *
    - da adjetivo hoity-toity
    * * *
    hoity-toity
    * * *

    Del verbo relamer: ( conjugate relamer)

    relamido es:

    el participio

    relamido,-a adj fam pey affected, hoity-toity
    ' relamido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    relamida
    * * *
    relamido, -a adj
    prim and proper
    * * *
    adj fam
    1 ( persona) smooth
    2 ( adorno) refined

    Spanish-English dictionary > relamido

  • 17 abrochado

    adj.
    pinned.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: abrochar.
    * * *
    = button-down, buttoned-up, buttoned.
    Ex. Here, people can talk in the library, be loud, eat, drink, and not see a single librarian wearing a button-down sweater or orthotic shoes.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex. How do I know if a long-sleeved, buttoned shirt is the right size for me?.
    * * *
    = button-down, buttoned-up, buttoned.

    Ex: Here, people can talk in the library, be loud, eat, drink, and not see a single librarian wearing a button-down sweater or orthotic shoes.

    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    Ex: How do I know if a long-sleeved, buttoned shirt is the right size for me?.

    Spanish-English dictionary > abrochado

  • 18 comportamiento

    m.
    1 behavior.
    2 abearance.
    * * *
    1 behaviour (US behavior), conduct
    * * *
    noun m.
    behavior, conduct
    * * *
    SM
    1) behaviour, behavior (EEUU)

    comportamiento sexual — sexual behaviour, sexual behavior (EEUU)

    comportamiento social — social behaviour, social behavior (EEUU)

    2) [de mercado, automóvil] performance
    * * *
    a) ( conducta) behavior*

    mal/buen comportamiento — bad/good behavior

    b) (Mec) performance
    c) (Fin) ( de valores) performance
    * * *
    = behaviour [behavior, -USA], manner, demeanour [demeanor, -USA], conduct, deportment.
    Ex. An academic library should be secure to control user behaviour and loss of books.
    Ex. But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.
    Ex. Nobody could have guessed from the librarian's placid demeanor that she was in a state of extreme agitation as she moved toward Edmonds' door.
    Ex. It can guide the moral will in so far as its illuminations depreciate certain modes of conduct and, conversely, reinforce others.
    Ex. Deportment is a nebulous concept that is not easily explained yet is vitally important for the look and professionalism of the band.
    ----
    * adoptar un comportamiento = put on + demeanour, put on + manner, adopt + behaviour.
    * ciencias del comportamiento = behavioural sciences.
    * comportamiento agresivo = aggressive behaviour.
    * comportamiento antiético = unethical behaviour, unethical conduct.
    * comportamiento antisocial = antisocial behaviour.
    * comportamiento cívico = civic behaviour, civil behaviour.
    * comportamiento de búsqueda de información = information-seeking behaviour.
    * comportamiento de las organizaciones = organisational behaviour.
    * comportamiento de publicación = publication behaviour.
    * comportamiento de rechazo = avoidance behaviour.
    * comportamiento disoluto = loose behaviour.
    * comportamiento ético = ethical behaviour, ethical conduct.
    * comportamiento humano = human behaviour.
    * comportamiento informativo = information behaviour.
    * comportamiento inmoral = immoral conduct.
    * comportamiento inquisitivo = questioning behaviour.
    * comportamiento lingüístico = language behaviour.
    * comportamiento molesto = disruptive behaviour.
    * comportamiento moral = moral behaviour.
    * comportamiento poco cívico = uncivic behaviour.
    * comportamiento problemático = problem behaviour.
    * comportamiento social = social behaviour, social graces.
    * comportamiento suicida = suicidal behaviour.
    * comportamiento violento = violent behaviour.
    * de comportamiento = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].
    * de comportamiento impecable = prim and proper.
    * forma de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.
    * gestión del comportamiento = behaviour management.
    * mal comportamiento = misconduct, disruptive behaviour, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].
    * mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.
    * modo de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.
    * norma de comportamiento social = social pattern.
    * objetivo de comportamiento = behavioural objective.
    * orden por comportamiento antisocial = ASBO (Antisocial Behaviour Order).
    * patrón de comportamiento = pattern of behaviour, behavioural pattern, behaviour pattern.
    * problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.
    * terapia del comportamiento = behavioural therapy.
    * trastorno de comportamiento = conduct disorder.
    * * *
    a) ( conducta) behavior*

    mal/buen comportamiento — bad/good behavior

    b) (Mec) performance
    c) (Fin) ( de valores) performance
    * * *
    = behaviour [behavior, -USA], manner, demeanour [demeanor, -USA], conduct, deportment.

    Ex: An academic library should be secure to control user behaviour and loss of books.

    Ex: But there was no trace of sinisterness in Balzac's manner.
    Ex: Nobody could have guessed from the librarian's placid demeanor that she was in a state of extreme agitation as she moved toward Edmonds' door.
    Ex: It can guide the moral will in so far as its illuminations depreciate certain modes of conduct and, conversely, reinforce others.
    Ex: Deportment is a nebulous concept that is not easily explained yet is vitally important for the look and professionalism of the band.
    * adoptar un comportamiento = put on + demeanour, put on + manner, adopt + behaviour.
    * ciencias del comportamiento = behavioural sciences.
    * comportamiento agresivo = aggressive behaviour.
    * comportamiento antiético = unethical behaviour, unethical conduct.
    * comportamiento antisocial = antisocial behaviour.
    * comportamiento cívico = civic behaviour, civil behaviour.
    * comportamiento de búsqueda de información = information-seeking behaviour.
    * comportamiento de las organizaciones = organisational behaviour.
    * comportamiento de publicación = publication behaviour.
    * comportamiento de rechazo = avoidance behaviour.
    * comportamiento disoluto = loose behaviour.
    * comportamiento ético = ethical behaviour, ethical conduct.
    * comportamiento humano = human behaviour.
    * comportamiento informativo = information behaviour.
    * comportamiento inmoral = immoral conduct.
    * comportamiento inquisitivo = questioning behaviour.
    * comportamiento lingüístico = language behaviour.
    * comportamiento molesto = disruptive behaviour.
    * comportamiento moral = moral behaviour.
    * comportamiento poco cívico = uncivic behaviour.
    * comportamiento problemático = problem behaviour.
    * comportamiento social = social behaviour, social graces.
    * comportamiento suicida = suicidal behaviour.
    * comportamiento violento = violent behaviour.
    * de comportamiento = behavioural [behavioral, -USA].
    * de comportamiento impecable = prim and proper.
    * forma de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.
    * gestión del comportamiento = behaviour management.
    * mal comportamiento = misconduct, disruptive behaviour, misbehaviour [misbehavior, -USA].
    * mal comportamiento científico = scientific misconduct.
    * modo de comportamiento = mode of behaviour, way of conduct.
    * norma de comportamiento social = social pattern.
    * objetivo de comportamiento = behavioural objective.
    * orden por comportamiento antisocial = ASBO (Antisocial Behaviour Order).
    * patrón de comportamiento = pattern of behaviour, behavioural pattern, behaviour pattern.
    * problema de comportamiento = behaviour problem, behavioural problem.
    * terapia del comportamiento = behavioural therapy.
    * trastorno de comportamiento = conduct disorder.

    * * *
    1 (conducta) behavior*
    el maestro lo castigó por mal comportamiento the teacher punished him for bad behavior o for misbehaving
    su comportamiento en la fiesta dio mucho que hablar everyone was talking about his conduct at the party o the way he behaved at the party
    2 ( Mec) performance
    3 ( Fin) (de valores) performance
    * * *

     

    comportamiento sustantivo masculino
    a) ( conducta) behavior( conjugate behavior);


    b) (Mec) performance

    comportamiento sustantivo masculino behaviour, US behavior
    ' comportamiento' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    betún
    - condenable
    - correcta
    - correcto
    - crasa
    - craso
    - cualesquiera
    - dolerse
    - error
    - esquema
    - execrable
    - gesto
    - incomprensible
    - indigna
    - indigno
    - innoble
    - intríngulis
    - ligereza
    - mamarrachada
    - martirizar
    - miserable
    - náusea
    - paleta
    - paleto
    - propiedad
    - recoveco
    - reincidir
    - repercutir
    - salvaje
    - sancionable
    - satisfacer
    - tosca
    - tosco
    - admisible
    - concordar
    - corregir
    - cosa
    - descortés
    - discreto
    - disculpar
    - dócil
    - estudiar
    - excusar
    - extravagante
    - gamberrismo
    - honrar
    - imperdonable
    - impropio
    - inadmisible
    - incorrecto
    English:
    appal
    - appall
    - ask back
    - barbaric
    - becoming
    - behavior
    - behaviour
    - compel
    - condone
    - conduct
    - conventional
    - demand
    - demeanor
    - demeanour
    - disgrace
    - disgusting
    - disreputable
    - dissatisfied
    - dramatic
    - emotional
    - erratic
    - exasperate
    - extraordinary
    - extravagance
    - fuel
    - have off
    - idiotic
    - improper
    - indefensible
    - inhuman
    - insight
    - ladylike
    - lapse
    - learned
    - off
    - outrageous
    - pay
    - proper
    - release
    - rude
    - self-conscious
    - shocking
    - short
    - sickly
    - strained
    - top
    - unacceptable
    - unaffected
    - uncivilized
    - unheard-of
    * * *
    1. [de personas] behaviour
    2. [uso crítico] [de vehículo, acciones] performance;
    el comportamiento de la inflación ha sido muy irregular este año inflation has fluctuated considerably this year
    * * *
    m behavior, Br
    behaviour
    * * *
    conducta: behavior, conduct
    * * *
    comportamiento n behaviour

    Spanish-English dictionary > comportamiento

  • 19 con botones

    (adj.) = buttoned, buttoned-up
    Ex. How do I know if a long-sleeved, buttoned shirt is the right size for me?.
    Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.
    * * *
    (adj.) = buttoned, buttoned-up

    Ex: How do I know if a long-sleeved, buttoned shirt is the right size for me?.

    Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.

    Spanish-English dictionary > con botones

  • 20 correcto

    adj.
    1 correct, accurate, precise.
    2 correct, proper, appropriate, right.
    3 correct, well-bred, polite, well-mannered.
    4 correct, suitable, appropriate, convenient.
    intj.
    1 right, correct, righto, just right.
    2 right, is that right.
    * * *
    1 (sin errores) correct, accurate
    2 (adecuado) suitable
    3 (educado) polite, courteous
    4 (conducta) proper
    * * *
    (f. - correcta)
    adj.
    correct, right
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [respuesta] correct, right

    ¡correcto! — right!

    2) (=educado) [persona] correct; [conducta, comportamiento] courteous; [vestido] proper, fitting
    3) [rasgos] regular, well-formed
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( educado) correct, polite
    b) ( honesto) correct
    2)
    a) <respuesta/solución> correct, right

    correcto! — (AmC, Méx) (that's) right

    b) <funcionamiento/procedimiento> correct
    * * *
    = correct, polite, right, decorous, seemly, alright [all right], all right [alright], well-mannered, gentlemanlike.
    Ex. If an entry with cross-references or notes must be corrected, add the correct form and then delete the incorrect form.
    Ex. Events are not named according to what it is polite or ideal to call them, but according to what they are actually called by authorities in the field.
    Ex. The last figure I saw was 828, but you're in the right realm.
    Ex. One might be forgiven for assuming that the question of class did not impinge upon the decorous and even tenor of the average librarian's working week.
    Ex. They were the first cloth bindings that were intended to compete with paper boards as seemly but inexpensive covers for ordinary books.
    Ex. The article 'The kids are alright?' presents some of the findings of the questionnaire study which had as its focus the qualitative impact of public libraries on children's reading.
    Ex. So the system apparently works all right and no one is suggesting that it needs a major overhaul.
    Ex. One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
    Ex. Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
    ----
    * adoptar la postura moral correcta = take + the high ground, take + the high road.
    * camino correcto, el = way forward, the.
    * correcto políticamente = politically correct.
    * correcto y formal = prim and proper.
    * el camino correcto = the way to go.
    * el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.
    * en posición correcta = the right way round.
    * estar correcto = be correct.
    * hacer lo correcto = do + the right thing.
    * la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.
    * poco correcto = ungentlemanlike.
    * ser correcto = be all right, be correct, be right.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    1)
    a) ( educado) correct, polite
    b) ( honesto) correct
    2)
    a) <respuesta/solución> correct, right

    correcto! — (AmC, Méx) (that's) right

    b) <funcionamiento/procedimiento> correct
    * * *
    = correct, polite, right, decorous, seemly, alright [all right], all right [alright], well-mannered, gentlemanlike.

    Ex: If an entry with cross-references or notes must be corrected, add the correct form and then delete the incorrect form.

    Ex: Events are not named according to what it is polite or ideal to call them, but according to what they are actually called by authorities in the field.
    Ex: The last figure I saw was 828, but you're in the right realm.
    Ex: One might be forgiven for assuming that the question of class did not impinge upon the decorous and even tenor of the average librarian's working week.
    Ex: They were the first cloth bindings that were intended to compete with paper boards as seemly but inexpensive covers for ordinary books.
    Ex: The article 'The kids are alright?' presents some of the findings of the questionnaire study which had as its focus the qualitative impact of public libraries on children's reading.
    Ex: So the system apparently works all right and no one is suggesting that it needs a major overhaul.
    Ex: One should avoid giving less effort to the resolution of a problem presented by a calm, well-mannered individual than to those presented by loud, demanding, and persistent pests.
    Ex: Mr. Bingley was good-looking and gentlemanlike: he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.
    * adoptar la postura moral correcta = take + the high ground, take + the high road.
    * camino correcto, el = way forward, the.
    * correcto políticamente = politically correct.
    * correcto y formal = prim and proper.
    * el camino correcto = the way to go.
    * el + Nombre + correcto al + Nombre + adecuado en el momento oportuno = the right + Nombre + to the right + Nombre + at the right time.
    * en posición correcta = the right way round.
    * estar correcto = be correct.
    * hacer lo correcto = do + the right thing.
    * la forma correcta de hacer las cosas = the way to go.
    * poco correcto = ungentlemanlike.
    * ser correcto = be all right, be correct, be right.

    * * *
    A
    1 (educado, cortés) ‹comportamiento› correct, polite; ‹persona› correct, polite, well-mannered
    2 (honesto) correct
    B ‹respuesta/solución› correct, right
    lo dijo en un correcto alemán she said it in correct German
    ¿nos juntamos mañana? — ¡correcto, a las diez! ( AmC); so we're meeting tomorrow, then? — (that's) right, at ten
    C ‹funcionamiento/procedimiento› correct
    * * *

     

    Del verbo corregir: ( conjugate corregir)

    corregido, correcto es:

    el participio

    correcto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo


    ( honesto) honest
    b) ‹respuesta/solución› correct, right

    c) ‹funcionamiento/procedimiento› correct

    correcto,-a adjetivo
    1 (atento, educado) polite, courteous [con, to]
    (comportamiento) proper
    2 (sin fallos) correct
    ' correcto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bonita
    - bonito
    - correcta
    - doña
    - infante
    - bien
    - bueno
    - valer
    English:
    accurate
    - correct
    - pc
    - politically correct
    - proper
    - right
    - right-thinking
    - grammatical
    - socially
    * * *
    correcto, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [resultado, texto, respuesta] correct;
    habla un correcto francés she speaks correct French
    2. [persona, conducta] courteous;
    el agente de policía fue muy correcto con nosotros the police officer treated us very correctly;
    estos niños son muy correctos en la mesa these children have very good table manners
    ♦ interj
    right!, ok!
    * * *
    adj
    1 correct;
    políticamente correcto politically correct
    2 ( educado) polite
    * * *
    correcto, -ta adj
    1) : correct, right
    2) : courteous, polite
    * * *
    1. (sin faltas) correct
    2. (educado) polite

    Spanish-English dictionary > correcto

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