"backslapping" in Spanish

QUICK TRANSLATIONS

backslapping {noun}

palmaditas en la espalda- adulación

backslapping {adjective}

campechano

Translations & Examples Context Examples

TRANSLATIONS & EXAMPLES

backslapping {noun}

backslapping

palmaditas en la espalda {f pl} [idiom]

That is the truly great problem for democracy in Europe, that the system here is not self-regulating, that it merely involves mutual backslapping.

Ése es en realidad el gran problema de la democracia en Europa, que el sistema no se autorregula, sino que simplemente implica mutuas palmaditas en la espalda.

backslapping(also: flattery, obsequiousness, sycophancy, adulation)

adulación {f}

backslapping {adjective}

backslapping(also: matey, hail-fellow-well-met, bluff, earthy)

campechano {adj.}

CONTEXT EXAMPLES

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

This was announced amidst much backslapping at the summits held in July and December 2005.

Esto fue anunciado entre palmaditas al hombro en las cumbres de julio y diciembre de 2005.

We have seen this morning in this EU Parliament self-congratulation and backslapping.

Esta mañana hemos presenciado en este Parlamento de la UE gestos de autocomplacencia y palmadas en la espalda.

Mr President, after so much work over such a long period this package does not merit the backslapping and self congratulation we have seen today.

Señor Presidente, después de trabajar tanto durante tanto tiempo, este paquete no merece los aplausos y la autocomplacencia de la que hemos sido testigos hoy.

That is the truly great problem for democracy in Europe, that the system here is not self-regulating, that it merely involves mutual backslapping.

Ése es en realidad el gran problema de la democracia en Europa, que el sistema no se autorregula, sino que simplemente implica mutuas palmaditas en la espalda.

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