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to be pretentious

  • 1 de cascabel gordo

    Spanish-English dictionary > de cascabel gordo

  • 2 tipo estirado

    • pretentious guy

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tipo estirado

  • 3 pretencioso

    adj.
    1 pretentious, assuming, high-flying, la-di-da.
    2 pretentious, doggy.
    * * *
    1 pretentious
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 pretentious person
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=vanidoso) pretentious, presumptuous; (=fanfarrón) showy
    2) LAm (=presumido) vain, stuck-up *
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < casa> pretentious, showy; <persona/película> pretentious
    b) (Chi) ( vainidoso) vain
    * * *
    = pretentious, hyfoluted, hoity-toity, hoity-toity, high-flown.
    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. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    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. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    a) < casa> pretentious, showy; <persona/película> pretentious
    b) (Chi) ( vainidoso) vain
    * * *
    = pretentious, hyfoluted, hoity-toity, hoity-toity, high-flown.

    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: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    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: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.

    * * *
    A ‹casa› pretentious, showy; ‹persona/película› pretentious
    B ( AmL) (vanidoso) vain
    * * *

    pretencioso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ‹casa/película› pretentious

    pretencioso,-a adjetivo pretentious

    ' pretencioso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    presuntuosa
    - presuntuoso
    - pretenciosa
    English:
    pretentious
    * * *
    pretencioso, -a
    ♦ adj
    pretentious
    ♦ nm,f
    pretentious person
    * * *
    adj pretentious
    * * *
    pretencioso, -sa adj
    : pretentious

    Spanish-English dictionary > pretencioso

  • 4 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

  • 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 huachafo

    huachafo, -a And
    1.
    ADJ = cursi
    2.
    SM / F middle-class snob, social climber
    3.
    SM Caribe funny man, comic
    * * *
    - fa, huachafoso -sa adjetivo (Per fam)
    a) < persona> pretentious, affected
    b) <vestido/adorno> tacky (colloq)
    * * *
    - fa, huachafoso -sa adjetivo (Per fam)
    a) < persona> pretentious, affected
    b) <vestido/adorno> tacky (colloq)
    * * *
    ( Per fam)
    1 ‹persona› pretentious, affected
    2 ‹vestido/adornos› tacky ( colloq)
    * * *

    huachafo
    ◊ -fa adjetivo (Per fam)


    b) ‹vestido/adorno› tacky (colloq)

    * * *
    huachafo, -a adj Perú Fam
    1 [de mal gusto] tacky, tasteless
    2 [esnob] [persona] affected
    * * *
    adj Pe ( cursi) affected, pretentious

    Spanish-English dictionary > huachafo

  • 7 cursi

    adj.
    1 tacky(dress, song).
    2 prissy, affected, la-di-da, chichi.
    f. & m.
    affected person.
    * * *
    1 familiar (afectado) pretentious, affected, twee
    1 familiar pretentious person, affected person
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) [persona] (=amanerado) affected; (=remilgado) prissy; [en sus gustos] twee
    2) [objeto] twee
    2.
    SMF

    es una cursi — (=amanerada) she's so affected; (=niña remilgada) she's so prissy; [en sus gustos] she's so twee

    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) < objeto> corny, twee (BrE); < idea> sentimental, twee (BrE); < decoración> chichi
    II
    masculino y femenino (fam)
    * * *
    = cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].
    Ex. His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.
    Ex. It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.
    Ex. His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.
    Ex. Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.
    Ex. However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) < objeto> corny, twee (BrE); < idea> sentimental, twee (BrE); < decoración> chichi
    II
    masculino y femenino (fam)
    * * *
    = cutesy [cutesier -comp., cutesiest -sup.], prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], stilted, high-flown, mushy [mushier -comp., mushiest -sup.].

    Ex: His prose, for instance, is repeatedly either too cutesy or too technical.

    Ex: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a ' prissy' middle-class atmosphere.
    Ex: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.
    Ex: Disaffected and literally unliterary pubescent readers were expected to be hooked by his high-flown style.
    Ex: However, these mushy words do little to reveal the refractory person uttering them.

    * * *
    ( fam):
    se cree muy elegante y refinada pero yo la encuentro cursi she thinks she's so chic and refined but she just seems affected to me
    sus ideas sobre el matrimonio son de lo más cursi her ideas on marriage are terribly romantic and sentimental, she has such twee ideas about marriage ( BrE)
    llevaba unos lacitos en el pelo de lo más cursi she was wearing some horribly prissy o ( AmE) cutesy o ( BrE) twee little ribbons in her hair
    tenía la casa decorada de la manera más cursi the decor in his house was terribly chichi o precious o fussy
    es muy cursilona she's terribly precious o affected o ( BrE) twee
    ( fam)
    es un cursi he's so affected o precious o ( BrE) twee
    * * *

     

    cursi adjetivo (fam) ‹ objeto› corny, twee (BrE);
    ‹ idea› sentimental, twee (BrE);
    ‹ decoración› chichi;
    ‹ persona› affected;
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam):
    ◊ es un cursi he's so affected o (BrE) twee

    cursi adjetivo pey pretentious, affected

    ' cursi' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    repipi
    - siútico
    English:
    corny
    - genteel
    - twee
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    1. [vestido, canción] tacky, Br naff;
    se puso un sombrero muy cursi she put on this really tacky o Br naff hat;
    a mi abuela le gustan esas cortinas tan cursis my grandmother likes those twee curtains
    2. [modales, persona]
    es un escritor muy cursi he's such a corny writer;
    camina de una manera muy cursi she has a very affected way of walking;
    no seas cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands
    ♦ nmf
    affected person;
    es un cursi he's so affected;
    no seas un cursi, cómete el plátano con las manos don't be so prissy, eat the banana with your hands
    * * *
    fam
    I adj persona affected
    II m/f
    :
    es un cursi he is so affected
    * * *
    cursi adj, fam : affected, pretentious
    * * *
    cursi adj twee

    Spanish-English dictionary > cursi

  • 8 pretensión

    f.
    1 aspiration, desire, ambition, plan.
    2 pretension, claim.
    3 pretense, presumption, pretence, self-assumption.
    * * *
    1 (intención) aim; (ambición) ambition
    2 (derecho) claim
    \
    sin pretensiones unpretentious, of modest pretensions
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=intención) aim; (=aspiración) aspiration
    2) pl pretensiones (=aspiraciones)

    una simple chaqueta sin pretensiones — a simple jacket, nothing fancy

    3) LAm (=vanidad) vanity; (=presunción) presumption, arrogance
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( intención) plan; ( deseo) hope, wish, desire
    b) (Der) (a trono, herencia) claim
    2) pretensiones femenino plural ( ínfulas)
    * * *
    1)
    a) ( intención) plan; ( deseo) hope, wish, desire
    b) (Der) (a trono, herencia) claim
    2) pretensiones femenino plural ( ínfulas)
    * * *
    pretensión1
    1 = 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.

    pretensión2

    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.].

    * * *
    A
    1 (intención) plan; (deseo) hope, wish, desire
    expresó 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 salary
    2 ( Der) (al trono, una herencia) claim
    (ínfulas): tener pretensiones to be pretentious
    * * *

    pretensión sustantivo femenino
    1 (a trono, herencia) claim
    2
    ◊ pretensiones sustantivo femenino plural ( ínfulas): tener pretensiones to be pretentious;

    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
    * * *
    1. [intención] aim, intention;
    2. [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 unpretentious
    3. [supuesto derecho] claim (a o sobre to)
    4.
    pretensiones [exigencias] demands
    * * *
    f L.Am. ( arrogancia) vanity;
    sin pretensiones unpretentious
    * * *
    1) : intention, hope, plan
    2) : pretension
    sin pretensiones: unpretentious

    Spanish-English dictionary > pretensión

  • 9 redicho

    adj.
    repeated, hackneyed.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: redecir.
    * * *
    1 familiar affected, pretentious
    * * *
    - cha adjetivo (fam)
    * * *
    - cha adjetivo (fam)
    * * *
    ( fam):
    es muy redicho «adulto» he uses all these high-flown words;
    «niño» he uses all these big words
    * * *

    redicho,-a adj fam affected
    ' redicho' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    redicha
    - repelente
    * * *
    redicho, -a adj
    Fam affected, pretentious
    * * *
    redicho, - cha adj, fam : affected, pretentious

    Spanish-English dictionary > redicho

  • 10 comentario personal

    (n.) = reportage, personal note
    Ex. Educational literature in Canada is dominated by reportage, opinion and handbook types of publication.
    Ex. To intrude a personal note here, I was a little surprised to see just how good were some of the reviews of certain books which I myself had found rather boring or pretentious.
    * * *
    (n.) = reportage, personal note

    Ex: Educational literature in Canada is dominated by reportage, opinion and handbook types of publication.

    Ex: To intrude a personal note here, I was a little surprised to see just how good were some of the reviews of certain books which I myself had found rather boring or pretentious.

    Spanish-English dictionary > comentario personal

  • 11 engreído

    adj.
    vain, cocky, proud, bigheaded.
    f. & m.
    swell-headed person, conceited person, swellhead.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: engreír.
    * * *
    1 vain, conceited, stuck-up
    * * *
    engreído, -a
    1. ADJ
    1) (=vanidoso) vain, stuck-up *
    2) LAm (=afectuoso) affectionate; (=mimado) spoiled, spoilt
    2.
    SM / F bighead *, spoiled brat
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled*
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled* brat
    * * *
    = conceited, self-inflated, stuck-up, self-important, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    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. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    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. The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    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. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    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.
    * * *
    I
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled*
    II
    - da masculino, femenino
    a) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)
    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled* brat
    * * *
    = conceited, self-inflated, stuck-up, self-important, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.

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

    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: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    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: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    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: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    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.

    * * *
    engreído1 -da
    1 (vanidoso, presumido) conceited, bigheaded ( colloq)
    2 ( Per) (mimado) spoiled*
    engreído2 -da
    masculine, feminine
    1 (vanidoso) bighead ( colloq)
    2 ( Per) (mimado) spoiled* brat
    * * *

    Del verbo engreír: ( conjugate engreír)

    engreído es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    engreído    
    engreír
    engreído
    ◊ -da adjetivo

    a) ( vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)

    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled( conjugate spoiled)

    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
    a) ( vanidoso) bighead (colloq)

    b) (Per) ( mimado) spoiled brat

    engreído,-a adjetivo conceited
    ' engreído' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    además
    - cambio
    - corte
    - engreída
    - estiramiento
    - fatua
    - fatuo
    - parecer
    - ufana
    - ufano
    - creído
    - pituco
    - presumido
    - sobrado
    English:
    bighead
    - bigheaded
    - cocksure
    - fatuous
    - self-important
    - smug
    - toffee-nosed
    - conceited
    - puffed
    - self
    * * *
    engreído, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [creído] conceited, full of one's own importance
    2. Perú [mimado] spoiled
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [creído] conceited person;
    ser un engreído to be very conceited
    2. Perú [mimado]
    ser un engreído to be spoiled
    * * *
    adj conceited
    * * *
    engreído, -da adj
    presumido, vanidoso: vain, conceited, stuck-up

    Spanish-English dictionary > engreído

  • 12 etéreo

    adj.
    ethereal, intangible, immaterial, impalpable.
    * * *
    1 ethereal
    * * *
    * * *
    - rea adjetivo ethereal
    * * *
    = ethereal, lissom(e).
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    ----
    * volverse etéreo = etherealise [etherealize, -USA].
    * * *
    - rea adjetivo ethereal
    * * *
    = ethereal, lissom(e).

    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.

    Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.
    * volverse etéreo = etherealise [etherealize, -USA].

    * * *
    1 ( liter) (vaporoso) ethereal ( liter)
    2 ( Fís, Quím) ethereal
    * * *

    etéreo
    ◊ - rea adjetivo

    ethereal
    etéreo,-a adjetivo ethereal

    ' etéreo' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    etérea
    English:
    ethereal
    - intangible
    - dreamy
    * * *
    etéreo, -a adj
    ethereal
    * * *
    adj ethereal
    * * *
    etéreo, - rea adj
    : ethereal, heavenly

    Spanish-English dictionary > etéreo

  • 13 exclusivista

    adj.
    clannish, cliquish.
    f. & m.
    exclusivist, classicist, elitist.
    * * *
    1 exclusivist
    1 exclusivist
    * * *
    ADJ [club] exclusive, select; [grupo] clannish; [actitud] snobbish
    * * *
    adjetivo exclusivist
    * * *
    = cliquish, cliquey [cliquy], insular.
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    Ex. Within that chummy, insular world of imperial elites, Senator Jaguaribe recoiled in horror at the prospect of a permanent pauper class supported by public funds.
    * * *
    adjetivo exclusivist
    * * *
    = cliquish, cliquey [cliquy], insular.

    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.

    Ex: She worked at a local clothing company for a while and found the other staff and managers to all be very cliquey, bitchy and rather shallow.
    Ex: Within that chummy, insular world of imperial elites, Senator Jaguaribe recoiled in horror at the prospect of a permanent pauper class supported by public funds.

    * * *
    exclusivist
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    exclusivist
    ♦ nmf
    exclusivist

    Spanish-English dictionary > exclusivista

  • 14 pomposamente

    adv.
    pompously, magnificently, loftily, flourishingly.
    * * *
    ADV (=con esplendor) splendidly, magnificently; (=con majestuosidad) majestically; (=con ostentación) pompously
    * * *
    = stuffily, grandly.
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. Limbaugh grandly announced on his radio program that he might not support the Republican nominee, as none pass his conservative litmus test.
    * * *
    = stuffily, grandly.

    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.

    Ex: Limbaugh grandly announced on his radio program that he might not support the Republican nominee, as none pass his conservative litmus test.

    * * *
    1 ‹celebrar› with pomp or splendor*
    2 ‹hablar› pompously
    lo que pomposamente se llamó la fiesta del siglo what was grandly called the party of the century
    * * *
    1. [con suntuosidad] splendidly, with great pomp
    2. [con ostentación] showily
    3. [hablar] pompously

    Spanish-English dictionary > pomposamente

  • 15 refugio

    m.
    1 shelter, refuge (place).
    refugio antiaéreo air-raid shelter
    refugio atómico nuclear bunker
    refugio subterráneo bunker, underground shelter
    2 refuge, comfort (amparo, consuelo).
    3 traffic island (automobiles).
    4 Refugio.
    pres.indicat.
    1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: refugiar.
    * * *
    1 (gen) shelter, refuge
    2 figurado refuge
    3 AUTOMÓVIL traffic island
    \
    refugio antiaéreo air-raid shelter
    refugio atómico (nuclear) fallout shelter
    * * *
    noun m.
    haven, refuge, shelter
    * * *
    SM
    1) (=sitio) refuge, shelter

    acogerse a un refugio — to take refuge, (take) shelter (en in)

    refugio antiatómico, refugio antinuclear, refugio atómico — fallout shelter

    refugio subterráneo — (Mil) underground shelter, dugout

    2) Esp (Aut) street island
    * * *
    a) (contra la lluvia, bombardeo) shelter; ( en montaña) refuge, shelter
    c) ( en calzada) traffic island
    * * *
    = haven, refuge, shelter, bolt-hole, sanctuary, safe haven, safe harbour, redoubt, asylum, retreat, hideaway.
    Ex. During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages to the public that would accrue from such havens of quiet and reasonableness as the library.
    Ex. 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
    Ex. The basic needs of any worker are food, water, shelter, sleep, which sustain life on its most minimal level.
    Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex. The article 'A sanctuary for sciences: architecture projects for the Bibliotheque Nationale during the revolution' relates the history of the various conversion projects prepared for the national library before the French Revolution.
    Ex. While there are features of public libraries which are to be cherished - the role as a community meeting place, a place to borrow books, a safe haven -- we must look for new opportunities.
    Ex. One of the proposals made to protect children from the harmful effects of violence on television is to limit the showing of violent programmes to safe harbours when children are not viewing.
    Ex. Privatization and liberalization have attacked the redoubts of workplace unionism.
    Ex. The most significant of these projects are the international festival for literature and freedom of expression and the city's role as an asylum for persecuted authors.
    Ex. The retreat, held in an off-campus community room during the Christmas break following an unusually hectic autumn term, lasted a full day.
    Ex. This the perfect hideaway for newlyweds.
    ----
    * buscar refugio = seek + shelter.
    * ofrecer refugio = provide + a home.
    * refugio antiaéreo = bomb shelter.
    * refugio antiatómico = fallout shelter.
    * refugio antinuclear = fallout shelter.
    * refugio atómico = fallout shelter.
    * refugio de animales = wildlife centre.
    * refugio de trinchera = dugout.
    * refugio nuclear = fallout shelter.
    * refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.
    * refugio subterráneo = dugout.
    * salir de + Posesivo + refugio = raise + Posesivo + head above the parapet.
    * * *
    a) (contra la lluvia, bombardeo) shelter; ( en montaña) refuge, shelter
    c) ( en calzada) traffic island
    * * *
    = haven, refuge, shelter, bolt-hole, sanctuary, safe haven, safe harbour, redoubt, asylum, retreat, hideaway.

    Ex: During the parliamentary debates he pointed out the advantages to the public that would accrue from such havens of quiet and reasonableness as the library.

    Ex: 'Small, near-sighted, dreaming, bruised, an outlander in the city of his birth,' thirteen-year-old Aremis Slake fled one day to the only refuge he knew, the New York subway system.
    Ex: The basic needs of any worker are food, water, shelter, sleep, which sustain life on its most minimal level.
    Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
    Ex: The article 'A sanctuary for sciences: architecture projects for the Bibliotheque Nationale during the revolution' relates the history of the various conversion projects prepared for the national library before the French Revolution.
    Ex: While there are features of public libraries which are to be cherished - the role as a community meeting place, a place to borrow books, a safe haven -- we must look for new opportunities.
    Ex: One of the proposals made to protect children from the harmful effects of violence on television is to limit the showing of violent programmes to safe harbours when children are not viewing.
    Ex: Privatization and liberalization have attacked the redoubts of workplace unionism.
    Ex: The most significant of these projects are the international festival for literature and freedom of expression and the city's role as an asylum for persecuted authors.
    Ex: The retreat, held in an off-campus community room during the Christmas break following an unusually hectic autumn term, lasted a full day.
    Ex: This the perfect hideaway for newlyweds.
    * buscar refugio = seek + shelter.
    * ofrecer refugio = provide + a home.
    * refugio antiaéreo = bomb shelter.
    * refugio antiatómico = fallout shelter.
    * refugio antinuclear = fallout shelter.
    * refugio atómico = fallout shelter.
    * refugio de animales = wildlife centre.
    * refugio de trinchera = dugout.
    * refugio nuclear = fallout shelter.
    * refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.
    * refugio subterráneo = dugout.
    * salir de + Posesivo + refugio = raise + Posesivo + head above the parapet.

    * * *
    1 (lugar) shelter; (en la montaña) refuge, shelter
    2 (en la calzada) traffic island
    3 (de un ataque) refuge; (de la lluvia) shelter
    buscar refugio en otro país to seek refuge in another country
    Compuestos:
    air-raid shelter
    ● refugio antinuclear or antiatómico
    fallout shelter
    nuclear shelter
    * * *

     

    Del verbo refugiar: ( conjugate refugiar)

    refugio es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    refugió es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    refugiar    
    refugio
    refugiar ( conjugate refugiar) verbo transitivo
    to give … refuge
    refugiarse verbo pronominal
    to take refuge;
    refugiose DE algo ‹de bombardeo/ataque› to take refuge from sth;
    ‹de lluvia/tormenta› to take shelter from sth
    refugio sustantivo masculino
    a) (de la lluvia, bombardeo) shelter;

    ( en montaña) refuge, shelter
    b) (de un ataque, perseguidores) refuge;



    refugiar verbo transitivo to give refuge, shelter
    refugio sustantivo masculino refuge, shelter: buscaron refugio en un país extranjero, they sought refuge in a foreign country
    ' refugio' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    amanecer
    - antinuclear
    - cabaña
    - improvisada
    - improvisado
    - nido
    - resguardo
    - techo
    - abrigo
    - amparar
    - amparo
    - casa
    - santuario
    English:
    crude
    - fallout shelter
    - haunt
    - haven
    - lodge
    - refuge
    - retreat
    - shelter
    - air
    - dug
    - fall
    - harbor
    - sanctuary
    * * *
    1. [lugar] shelter, refuge
    refugio antiaéreo air-raid shelter;
    refugio antinuclear nuclear bunker;
    refugio atómico nuclear bunker;
    refugio de montaña [muy básico] mountain shelter;
    [albergue] mountain refuge;
    refugio subterráneo bunker, underground shelter
    2. [amparo, consuelo] refuge, comfort;
    la gente busca refugio en la religión people seek refuge in religion
    3. Aut traffic island
    4. refugio fiscal tax shelter;
    refugio tributario tax shelter
    * * *
    m refuge;
    buscar refugio look for shelter, seek refuge
    * * *
    : refuge, shelter
    * * *
    refugio n refuge / shelter

    Spanish-English dictionary > refugio

  • 16 resabido

    adj.
    1 very learned; affecting learning.
    2 well-known.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: resaber.
    * * *
    1 (muy bien sabido) widely known, extremely well-known
    2 peyorativo (redicho) pretentious, pedantic, know-all
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [dato] well known
    2) [persona] pretentious, pedantic
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( bien sabido)
    b) (fam & pey) < persona>
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) (fam) ( bien sabido)
    b) (fam & pey) < persona>
    * * *
    1 ( fam)
    (bien sabido): es resabido que … it's common knowledge o everyone knows that …
    eso es algo que debería tener sabido y resabido that's something she should know backwards o inside out, that's something she should be very familiar with
    2 ( fam pey) ‹persona›
    es muy resabido he's such a know-it-all ( colloq)
    * * *
    resabido, -a adj
    Fam Pey [sabelotodo]
    es un resabido he's such a Br know-all o US know-it-all

    Spanish-English dictionary > resabido

  • 17 cursilada

    1 (cualidad) affectation, pretentiousness
    2 (hecho) pretentious thing to do, posh thing to do
    3 (obra, cosa) pretentious thing
    * * *
    SF = cursilería 2)
    * * *
    ser una cursilada [acto, comportamiento] to be affected;
    [comentario] to be stupid o Br naff; [decoración, objeto] to be tacky o Br naff;
    esas cortinas que le gustan a mi abuela son una cursilada those curtains my grandmother likes are really twee;
    es una cursilada comer el plátano con cuchillo y tenedor it's really prissy to eat bananas with a knife and fork

    Spanish-English dictionary > cursilada

  • 18 postinero

    ( Esp) ‹persona› pretentious; ‹casa› ostentatious
    * * *
    adj ( presuntuoso) pretentious

    Spanish-English dictionary > postinero

  • 19 tipo estirado

    m.
    pretentious person, fuddy-duddy, pretentious guy.

    Spanish-English dictionary > tipo estirado

  • 20 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

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