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"pretencioso" in English

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"pretencioso" in English
pretencioso{adjective masculine}
overblown- swanky- hoity-toity- highfaluting
pretencioso{adjective}
pretentious- showy- vain
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pretencioso{adjective masculine}
pretencioso(also: pretenciosa, hinchado)
overblown{adj.}
pretencioso(also: fachendoso, fulero)
swanky{adj.} [coll.]
pretencioso(also: estirado, engreído, relamido)
hoity-toity{adj.}
pretencioso(also: pretenciosa)
highfaluting{adj.}
pretencioso{adjective}
pretencioso(also: engreído, presuntuoso, pretenciosa, huachafo)
pretentious{adj.}
Pero yo no soy tan pretencioso como para suponer que nuestras enmiendas mejoran los textos de la Comisión.
However, I am not so pretentious as to assume that our amendments improve the Commission's texts.
Ya ve, señora Presidenta, sin ánimo de ser pretencioso, que yo también soy portador de un sueño.
I have no wish to appear pretentious, Madam President, but I too have a dream.
La Unión ha quedado reducida a una doctrina liberal agresiva y pretenciosa.
The Union has been reduced to an aggressive and pretentious liberal doctrine.
pretencioso(also: vistoso, presuntuoso, aparatoso, rimbombante)
showy{adj.}
pretencioso(also: fatuo, vanidoso, vanidosa, vana)
vain{adj.}

SYNONYMS
Synonyms (Spanish) for "pretencioso":
pretencioso
alabancioso- baladrón- blasonador- bocazas- cacareador- cuentero- exagerador- fanfarrón- jactancioso- postinero- presumido- presuntuoso- vanidoso
CONTEXT EXAMPLES
Context examples for "pretencioso" in English(!) These sentences come from external sources & may not be accurate. Therefore, we are not responsible for their content.
[Y Dios dijo:] “¡Pronto sabrán quién es el embustero pretencioso!
Ah, tomorrow shall they know who is the liar, the insolent one.
un restaurante francés de lo más pretencioso
a snooty French restaurant
Sería ilusorio, pretencioso e incluso despreciativo querer integrar, alinear y debilitar la grandeza histórica de ese mundo.
It would be unrealistic, patronising and even degrading to seek to absorb, realign and weaken the historical greatness of that world.
Sería ilusorio, pretencioso e incluso despreciativo querer integrar, alinear y debilitar la grandeza histórica de ese mundo.
Nor is Mr Erdogan, the Turkish Prime Minister, leaving any doubt about the fact that the negotiations have, for him, but one objective, that being full membership without reservations.
Es la única manera de que el Parlamento Europeo pueda conservar su reputación a los ojos de los ciudadanos y de asegurarnos de que no se convierta en un círculo de debate pretencioso.
This is the only way for the European Parliament to preserve its reputation in the public eye and ensure it does not turn into a glorified debating society.

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