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1) ((of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air: Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?) cargado, mal ventilado2) (formal and dull: Must we visit those stuffy people?) estirado; remilgado•- stuffily- stuffiness
stuffy adj cargadotr['stʌfɪ]1 (room) mal ventilado,-a; (atmosphere) cargado,-a2 (person) estirado,-a, remilgado,-a; (institution) tradicional; (ideas, manners) formal, serio,-a, convencional1) close: viciado, cargadoa stuffy room: una sala mal ventiladastuffy weather: tiempo bochornoso2) : tapado (dícese de la nariz)3) stodgy: pesado, aburridoadj.• aburrido, -a adj.• mal ventilado adj.• relamido, -a adj.• sofocante adj.'stʌfi1)a) < air> viciadob) < nose> tapado['stʌfɪ]ADJ (compar stuffier) (superl stuffiest)1) [room] mal ventilado; [atmosphere] cargado, sofocanteit's stuffy in here — aquí huele a cerrado, el ambiente está un poco cargado aquí
2) [person] (=narrow-minded) remilgado, de miras estrechas; (=prudish) remilgado; (=stiff, starchy) tieso; (=dull, boring) pesado, poco interesante3) (=congested) [nose] taponado, atascadoI've got a stuffy nose — tengo la nariz taponada or atascada
* * *['stʌfi]1)a) < air> viciadob) < nose> tapado
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