- frescura
- f.1 freshness.2 freshness.3 cheek, nerve (descaro).¡qué frescura! what a cheek!4 coolness, coolth, phlegm, calmness.5 carelessness, inadvertence.* * *frescura► nombre femenino1 (frescor) freshness, coolness2 (desvergüenza) cheek, nerve3 (calma) coolness, calmness\FRASEOLOGÍA¡qué frescura! what a nerve!* * *noun f.1) coolness2) freshness* * *SF1) [de temperatura, alimentos] freshness; [de lugar, bebida] coolness2) (=serenidad) coolness, calmness
lo dijo con la mayor frescura — she said it without batting an eyelid
3) * (=descaro) cheek, nerve *tiene la mar de frescura — he's got the cheek of the devil *
tuvo la frescura de pedirme dinero — she had the nerve to ask me for money *
4) (=impertinencia) cheeky thing (to say), impudent remarkme dijo unas frescuras — he was cheeky to me
* * *femenino1) (de temperatura) coolness2) (descaro) nerve (colloq)3) (tranquilidad)me lo dijo con toda frescura — he told me quite calmly
* * *= freshness, effrontery, blatancy, shamelessness, impudence.Ex. A new approach is needed to maintain the freshness, vitality and humour that will keep at bay the dryer mode of academic examination.Ex. This article discusses the use of the term 'chutzpah' by courts suffering various effronteries at the hands of attorneys and even witnesses who appear before them in both criminal and civil matters.Ex. There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.Ex. There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.Ex. Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue.----* tener la frescura de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.* * *femenino1) (de temperatura) coolness2) (descaro) nerve (colloq)3) (tranquilidad)me lo dijo con toda frescura — he told me quite calmly
* * *= freshness, effrontery, blatancy, shamelessness, impudence.Ex: A new approach is needed to maintain the freshness, vitality and humour that will keep at bay the dryer mode of academic examination.
Ex: This article discusses the use of the term 'chutzpah' by courts suffering various effronteries at the hands of attorneys and even witnesses who appear before them in both criminal and civil matters.Ex: There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.Ex: There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.Ex: Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue.* tener la frescura de = have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.* * *frescurafeminineA1 (de temperatura) coolness2 (de verdura, pan) freshnessB (descaro) nerve (colloq), cheek (BrE colloq)C(tranquilidad): me lo dijo con toda frescura, sin inmutarse he told me quite calmly, without batting an eyelash (AmE) o (BrE) eyelid* * *
frescura sustantivo femenino (descaro) nerve (colloq)
frescura sustantivo femenino
1 freshness: ¡no hay nada comparable a la frescura de las mañanas de primavera!, there's nothing like the freshness of a spring morning!
2 (descaro, insolencia) cheek, nerve: ¡menuda frescura pensar que yo le iba a invitar a cenar!, he has a lot of nerve thinking that I was going to invite him to dinner!
'frescura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cara
English:
freshness
- nerve
- coolly
* * *frescura nf1. [de fruta, verdura] freshness2. [espontaneidad] freshness3. [descaro] cheek, nerve;¡qué frescura! what a cheek o nerve!* * *frescuraf1 freshness; (frío) coolness2 fignerve* * *frescura nf1) : freshness2) : coolness3) : calmness4) descaro: nerve, audacity* * *frescura n1. (temperatura) cool2. (descaro) cheek
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.