condescendiente

adj.

1 obliging.

2 condescending, agreeable, assenting, accommodating.

3 patronizing, obliging.

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condescendiente

► adjetivo

1 (transigente) condescending

2 (complaciente) obliging, helpful

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ADJ

1) (=deferente) obliging; (=afable) affable; (=conforme) acquiescent

2) pey

ser condescendiente con algn — to patronize sb

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adjetivo

a) <actitud/respuesta> (con aires de superioridad) condescending

b) (comprensivo) understanding

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= smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.

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. There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.

Ex. Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.

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adjetivo

a) <actitud/respuesta> (con aires de superioridad) condescending

b) (comprensivo) understanding

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= smug, patronising [patronizing, -USA], condescending.

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: There has been no change in all the years since, except that librarians have become more understanding and less patronising.

Ex: Now, he's a sore loser and talks to all of us in a threatening, condescending manner = Él es un mal perdedor y nos habla a todos nosotros en un tono amenazador y condescendiente.

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condescendiente

adjective

1 ‹actitud/respuesta› (con aires de superioridad) condescending

2 (comprensivo) understanding

eres muy poco condescendiente you're not very understanding

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condescendiente adjetivo

a) ‹actitud/respuesta› (con aires de superioridad) condescending

b) (comprensivo) understanding

condescendiente adjetivo
1 (amable, deferente) complacent
2 (con aire de superioridad) condescending
'condescendiente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
compasiva
- compasivo
- contemplar
English:
condescending
- patronizing
- talk down
- talk

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condescendiente adj

1. [amable] obliging

2. [altivo] condescending

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condescendiente

adj actitud accommodating; desp

condescending