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  • 121 predecible en cuanto a lo que dice

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

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

    Spanish-English dictionary > predecible en cuanto a lo que dice

  • 122 prepotente

    adj.
    1 domineering, overbearing (arrogante).
    2 very powerful (poderoso).
    3 prepotent, domineering.
    f. & m.
    arrogant person.
    * * *
    1 arrogant, domineering
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=arrogante) high-handed
    2) (=poderoso) powerful
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> arrogant, overbearing; < actitud> high-handed
    * * *
    = full of opinions, opinionated, overbearing, self-important, supercilious, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.].
    Ex. He was most definitely not their kind of Republican - a moderate, a maverick; outspokenly full of opinions that made their hair stand on end.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
    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. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    Ex. The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
    * * *
    adjetivo < persona> arrogant, overbearing; < actitud> high-handed
    * * *
    = full of opinions, opinionated, overbearing, self-important, supercilious, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.].

    Ex: He was most definitely not their kind of Republican - a moderate, a maverick; outspokenly full of opinions that made their hair stand on end.

    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
    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: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
    Ex: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
    Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.

    * * *
    ‹persona› arrogant, overbearing; ‹actitud› high-handed
    * * *

    prepotente adjetivo ‹ persona› arrogant, overbearing;
    ‹ actitud› high-handed
    prepotente adjetivo overbearing, arrogant
    ' prepotente' also found in these entries:
    English:
    arrogant
    - high-handed
    - pushy
    * * *
    1. [arrogante] domineering, overbearing
    2. [poderoso] very powerful
    * * *
    adj arrogant
    * * *
    : arrogant, domineering, overbearing

    Spanish-English dictionary > prepotente

  • 123 presumido

    adj.
    conceited, arrogant, vain, assuming.
    f. & m.
    conceited person, swell-headed person, vain person, poseur.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: presumir.
    * * *
    1 (arrogante) conceited; (en el vestir) vain
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 (arrogante) conceited person; (en el vestir) vain person
    * * *
    (f. - presumida)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ (=creído) conceited; (=coqueto) vain
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( engreído) conceited, full of oneself; ( arrogante) arrogant
    b) ( coqueto) vain
    * * *
    = conceited, smug, presumptuous, self-important, high-blown, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    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. 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. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    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.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo
    a) ( engreído) conceited, full of oneself; ( arrogante) arrogant
    b) ( coqueto) vain
    * * *
    = conceited, smug, presumptuous, self-important, high-blown, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur.

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

    Ex: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.
    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: 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: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
    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.

    * * *
    1 (engreído) conceited, full of oneself; (arrogante) arrogant
    2 (coqueto) vain
    * * *

     

    Del verbo presumir: ( conjugate presumir)

    presumido es:

    el participio

    Multiple Entries:
    presumido    
    presumir
    presumido
    ◊ -da adjetivo


    ( arrogante) arrogant

    presumir ( conjugate presumir) verbo intransitivo
    to show off;
    presumido DE algo ‹ de dinero› ( hablando) to boast o brag about sth;
    ( enseñándolo) to flash sth around;

    verbo transitivo: se presume una reacción violenta there is likely to be a violent reaction;
    era de presumido occurriría it was quite predictable what would happen
    presumido,-a
    I adjetivo vain
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino vain person, familiar poser
    presumir
    I vtr (sospechar) to predict, suppose
    II verbo intransitivo
    1 (de una cualidad) to fancy oneself as: presume de listo, he thinks he's very smart
    2 (de una posesión) to boast [de, about]: le gusta presumir de coche, he likes to show off his car

    ' presumido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    presumida
    - presuntuosa
    - presuntuoso
    - autosuficiente
    - vanidoso
    English:
    overconfident
    - toffee-nosed
    - vain
    - self
    * * *
    presumido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [jactancioso]
    ser presumido to be a show-off
    2. [vanidoso] vain
    ♦ nm,f
    1. [jactancioso] show-off
    2. [vanidoso]
    ser un presumido to be vain
    * * *
    I adj
    1 ( creído) conceited
    2 ( coqueto) vain
    II m, presumida f bighead
    * * *
    presumido, -da adj
    vanidoso: conceited, vain
    * * *
    presumido adj vain

    Spanish-English dictionary > presumido

  • 124 vanidoso

    adj.
    1 vain, braggart, boastful, arrogant.
    2 arrogant, godlike, swellheaded.
    m.
    show-off, fatuous person, swellhead.
    * * *
    1 vain, conceited
    ► nombre masculino,nombre femenino
    1 vain person
    * * *
    (f. - vanidosa)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ vain, conceited
    * * *
    I
    - sa adjetivo ( presumido) vain, conceited; ( en cuanto al aspecto físico) vain
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino

    es un vanidoso — he's so vain o conceited

    * * *
    = conceited, boastful, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], big-headed.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. The main character displays a boastful attitude that smacks of hubris in the extreme.
    Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    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
    - sa adjetivo ( presumido) vain, conceited; ( en cuanto al aspecto físico) vain
    II
    - sa masculino, femenino

    es un vanidoso — he's so vain o conceited

    * * *
    = conceited, boastful, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], big-headed.

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

    Ex: The main character displays a boastful attitude that smacks of hubris in the extreme.
    Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
    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.

    * * *
    vanidoso1 -sa
    (presumido) vain, conceited, proud; (en cuanto al aspecto físico) vain
    los éxitos profesionales lo han vuelto vanidoso his professional success has made him vain o conceited o proud, his professional success has gone to o turned his head
    vanidoso2 -sa
    masculine, feminine
    peacock ( liter)
    es un vanidoso he's so vain o conceited
    * * *

    vanidoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo ( presumido) vain, conceited;


    ( en cuanto al aspecto físico) vain
    ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino:
    ◊ es un vanidoso he's so vain o conceited

    vanidoso,-a adj pey vain, conceited

    ' vanidoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    vana
    - vanidosa
    - vano
    - engreído
    English:
    conceited
    - self-conceited
    - vain
    * * *
    vanidoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    vain, conceited
    ♦ nm,f
    vain o conceited person;
    es un vanidoso he's vain o conceited
    * * *
    adj conceited, vain
    * * *
    vanidoso, -sa adj
    presumido: vain, conceited
    * * *
    vanidoso adj vain

    Spanish-English dictionary > vanidoso

  • 125 vejete

    adj.
    old.
    m.
    1 old guy or bloke (informal).
    2 old chap, geezer, old man, oldie.
    * * *
    1 familiar old man
    * * *
    masculino (fam) old guy (colloq)
    * * *
    = codger.
    Ex. This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.
    * * *
    masculino (fam) old guy (colloq)
    * * *

    Ex: This is a collection of pictures of codgers from all over the world who look starchy, pompous, haughty or grumpy.

    * * *
    ( fam)
    old guy ( colloq), old buffer o dear ( BrE colloq)
    * * *

    vejete m fam old man
    ' vejete' also found in these entries:
    English:
    codger
    * * *
    vejete nm
    Fam old guy o Br bloke
    * * *
    m fam
    old guy fam, old boy fam
    * * *
    vejete nm
    : old fellow, codger

    Spanish-English dictionary > vejete

  • 126 zoquete

    adj.
    1 thick, dense (informal).
    2 wooden-headed.
    f. & m.
    blockhead, idiot (informal) (tonto).
    m.
    ankle sock (calcetín). (Southern Cone)
    * * *
    1 familiar nincompoop, numskull
    * * *
    1.
    SMF * (=zopenco) blockhead; (=patán) lout, oaf
    2. SM
    1) [de madera] block
    2) [de pan] crust
    3) LAm (=suciedad) body dirt, human dirt
    4) Caribe, Méx (=puñetazo) punch; (=trompada) smack in the face
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) dim, dense (colloq)
    II
    1) (CS) (Indum) sock, ankle sock
    2) zoquete masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona) dimwit (colloq), blockhead (colloq)
    * * *
    = oaf, dullard, blockhead, duffer.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex. They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex. Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.
    * * *
    I
    adjetivo (fam) dim, dense (colloq)
    II
    1) (CS) (Indum) sock, ankle sock
    2) zoquete masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona) dimwit (colloq), blockhead (colloq)
    * * *
    = oaf, dullard, blockhead, duffer.

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

    Ex: The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to bad end.
    Ex: They'd all call him blockhead, the ribbing was endless.
    Ex: Plus, no matter what she did to stop people from picking on her she always ended up being called a duffer.

    * * *
    ( fam); dim, dense ( colloq)
    A (CS) ( Indum) sock, ankle sock
    B
    zoquete masculine and feminine ( fam) (persona) dimwit ( colloq), blockhead ( colloq), oaf
    * * *

    zoquete adjetivo (fam) dim, dense (colloq)
    ■ sustantivo masculino y femenino (fam) ( persona) dimwit (colloq), blockhead
    ■ sustantivo masculino (CS) (Indum) sock, ankle sock
    zoquete mf fam blockhead
    ' zoquete' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    salvaje
    - tarugo
    English:
    oaf
    * * *
    ♦ adj
    Fam thick, dense
    ♦ nm
    CSur [calcetín] ankle sock
    ♦ nmf
    Fam [tonto] blockhead, idiot
    * * *
    m/f fam
    dimwit fam
    * * *
    zoquete nmf, fam : oaf, blockhead

    Spanish-English dictionary > zoquete

  • 127 áspero

    adj.
    1 rough, tart, abrasive, coarse.
    2 gruff, abrasive, brusque.
    3 harsh-sounding, rasping, raucous, harsh.
    * * *
    1 (cosa) rough, coarse
    3 (clima, tiempo) harsh
    * * *
    (f. - áspera)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [al tacto] rough; [terreno] rough, rugged; [filo] uneven, jagged, rough
    2) [al gusto] sour, tart
    3) [clima] harsh; [trato] rough
    4) [voz] rough, rasping; [tono] surly, gruff; [temperamento] sour; [disputa etc] bad-tempered
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) <superficie/piel> rough
    b) < terreno> uneven, rough
    2)
    a) < sabor> sharp
    b) <voz/sonido/clima> harsh
    3)
    a) ( en el trato) abrupt, surly
    b) < discusión> acrimonious
    * * *
    = sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], acidulous, angular, acrid, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], abrasive, rough and rugged, tart [tarter -comp., tartest -sup.], unpolished.
    Ex. 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex. To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex. 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex. In addition they are able to sustain the library services in this rough terrain.
    Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex. The western shoreline of Lake Superior has rough and rugged beauty.
    Ex. Season with salt, pepper, and pinch of sugar if the plums tasted tart.
    Ex. It seems too rush, too unpolished to be a final product.
    ----
    * de superficie áspera = rough-surfaced.
    * sabor áspero = off-flavour.
    * un poco áspero = roughish.
    * * *
    - ra adjetivo
    1)
    a) <superficie/piel> rough
    b) < terreno> uneven, rough
    2)
    a) < sabor> sharp
    b) <voz/sonido/clima> harsh
    3)
    a) ( en el trato) abrupt, surly
    b) < discusión> acrimonious
    * * *
    = sharp [sharper -comp., sharpest -sup.], acidulous, angular, acrid, rough [rougher -comp., roughest -sup.], abrasive, rough and rugged, tart [tarter -comp., tartest -sup.], unpolished.

    Ex: 'I'll give it more thought,' she said with a sharp frown, resuming her former posture.

    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex: To the general public 'the female librarian is still angular, elderly, acidulous and terrifying', to use Geoffrey Langley's words, 'and a male librarian is impossible under any hypothesis'.
    Ex: 'Listen!' he growled, in a tone so dry, sarcastic and acrid that not another word was needed to indicate that he was not about to be upstaged by a 24 year old.
    Ex: In addition they are able to sustain the library services in this rough terrain.
    Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
    Ex: The western shoreline of Lake Superior has rough and rugged beauty.
    Ex: Season with salt, pepper, and pinch of sugar if the plums tasted tart.
    Ex: It seems too rush, too unpolished to be a final product.
    * de superficie áspera = rough-surfaced.
    * sabor áspero = off-flavour.
    * un poco áspero = roughish.

    * * *
    áspero -ra
    A
    1 ‹superficie/piel› rough
    una tela áspera or de tacto áspero a coarse material, a material which is rough to the touch
    2 ‹terreno› uneven, rough
    B
    1 ‹sabor› sharp
    2 ‹voz/sonido› harsh, rasping
    3 ‹clima› harsh
    C
    1 (en el trato) abrupt, surly
    2 ‹discusión› acrimonious
    * * *

    áspero
    ◊ -ra adjetivo

    1 ‹superficie/piel› rough;
    ‹ tela› coarse
    2
    a) ‹ sabor› sharp

    b) ‹voz/sonido/clima› harsh

    3


    áspero,-a adjetivo
    1 (al tacto) rough
    2 fig (de carácter) surly
    3 (tiempo) harsh: un viento áspero recorría la meseta, a harsh wind blew over the meseta
    ' áspero' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    áspera
    - tacto
    - rasguñar
    - raspar
    - raspón
    English:
    abrupt
    - coarse
    - gruff
    - harsh
    - rasping
    - raw
    - rough
    - roughen
    - rugged
    - tart
    - abrasive
    - hacking
    - wiry
    * * *
    áspero, -a adj
    1. [rugoso] rough
    2. [terreno] rugged, rough
    3. [sabor] sharp, sour
    4. [clima] harsh
    5. [voz] rasping, harsh
    6. [persona, carácter] abrupt, surly;
    una áspera disputa [entre grupos] a bitter dispute
    * * *
    adj
    1 superficie rough
    2 sonido harsh
    3 persona abrupt
    * * *
    áspero, -ra adj
    : rough, coarse, abrasive
    ♦ ásperamente adv
    * * *
    áspero adj rough

    Spanish-English dictionary > áspero

  • 128 σεμνοπαράσιτον

    σεμνοπαράσιτος
    pompous parasite: masc /fem acc sg
    σεμνοπαράσιτος
    pompous parasite: neut nom /voc /acc sg

    Morphologia Graeca > σεμνοπαράσιτον

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  • pompous — adjective Date: 15th century 1. excessively elevated or ornate < pompous rhetoric > 2. having or exhibiting self importance ; arrogant < a pompous politician > 3. relating to or suggestive of pomp ; magnificent • pompously …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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