I also believe that a government needs at times to be pedantic, at times tedious: we try to be both as little as possible but it is part of the job.

Creo que debemos tener cuidado de no volvernos demasiado detallistas y pedantes en nuestras exigencias de modo que acabemos trabajando en contra de las reformas antes que promoviéndolas.

I think we must be careful, in making our demands, that we are not too pedantic and do not require too much detail.

pedante(also: pomposo, hinchado, rimbombante, doctoral)

pompous {adj.}

no es más que un pedante imbécil

he's nothing but a pompous old fool

es un pedante y un imbécil

he's a pompous fool

pedante(also: profesoral)

teacherly {adj.}

pedante {adjective}

pedante(also: mojigato, gazmoño)

priggish {adj.}

pedante

didactic {adj.} (pedantic)

pedante(also: puntilloso)

pettifogging {adj.} (lawyer)

pedante(also: pomposo)

pontifical {adj.} (pompous)

pedante(also: con pretensiones de intelectual, con pretensiones de culto)

pretentious {adj.} (trying to appear profound, sophisticated)

SYNONYMS

Synonyms (Spanish) for "pedante":

pedante

afectado- altisonante- altísono- amanerado- artificial- artificioso- cursi- enfático- engolado- estudiado- forzado- grandilocuente- listillo- marisabidilla- moderno

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

Context examples for "pedante" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.

No creo que ninguna intervención arrogante y pedante que nos dé lecciones sobre esto o aquello nos ayude tampoco.

I do not think that any arrogant, snobbish intervention, giving us lessons about this or that, helps us either.

no es más que un pedante imbécil

he's nothing but a pompous old fool

es un pedante y un imbécil

he's a pompous fool

Pero eso no debe impedirnos plantear la cuestión de los derechos humanos y tratarla con detalle, aunque no necesariamente en el tono pedante de quien lo sabe todo.

That, however, must not prevent us from raising the question of human rights and discussing it in great depth, though not necessarily in the tone of schoolmasters or schoolmistresses who know it all.

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