impertinencia

f.

1 impertinence.

2 impertinent remark (comentario).

3 inopportune remark, back talk, disrespect, impertinence.

4 impertinentness, inappositeness.

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impertinencia

► nombre femenino

1 impertinence

2 (palabras) impertinent remark

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FRASEOLOGÍA

decir impertinencias to be impertinent

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SF

1) (=insolencia) impertinence

2) (=comentario) impertinent remark

3) frm (=irrelevancia) irrelevance

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femenino

a) (cualidad) impertinence

b) (hecho, dicho)

me dijo que me callara - qué impertinencia! — he told me to shut up - how impertinent!

me contestó con una impertinencia — she gave me a very cheeky reply

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= importunity, impertinence, pertness.

Ex. And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.

Ex. The ability by skilful questioning, without appearance of curiosity or impertinence, to extract from the vaguest, most general requests, a clear idea of what the enquirer really needs is one of the greatest gifts of the successful librarian = La habilidad de indagar con maña, sin aparentar curiosidad o impertinencia, para extraer de la pregunta más general e indefinida una idea clara de lo que realmente necesita el usuario es una de las más grandes virtudes del buen bibliotecario.

Ex. We were forced to conclude that the girl, with all her pertness, was of a better sort than we had supposed.

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femenino

a) (cualidad) impertinence

b) (hecho, dicho)

me dijo que me callara - qué impertinencia! — he told me to shut up - how impertinent!

me contestó con una impertinencia — she gave me a very cheeky reply

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= importunity, impertinence, pertness.

Ex: And there are those whom I have pestered from time to time over the past four years, and who have patiently answered my importunity.

Ex: The ability by skilful questioning, without appearance of curiosity or impertinence, to extract from the vaguest, most general requests, a clear idea of what the enquirer really needs is one of the greatest gifts of the successful librarian = La habilidad de indagar con maña, sin aparentar curiosidad o impertinencia, para extraer de la pregunta más general e indefinida una idea clara de lo que realmente necesita el usuario es una de las más grandes virtudes del buen bibliotecario.

Ex: We were forced to conclude that the girl, with all her pertness, was of a better sort than we had supposed.

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impertinencia

feminine

1 (cualidad) impertinence

2

(hecho, dicho): me dijo que me callara — ¡qué impertinencia! he told me to shut up — how impertinent!

me contestó con una impertinencia she replied impertinently

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impertinencia sustantivo femenino

a) (cualidad) impertinence

b) (hecho, dicho):

◊ me dijo que me callara — ¡qué impertinencia! he told me to shut up — how impertinent!;

me contestó con una impertinencia she gave me a very cheeky reply
impertinencia sustantivo femenino
1 (actitud) impertinence
2 (comentario, acción) insolence: hablar así a su hermano fue una impertinencia, it was rude of you to speak to his brother like that
'impertinencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
inconveniencia
English:
impertinence

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impertinencia nf

1. [cualidad] impertinence

2. [comentario] impertinent remark;

estoy cansado de sus impertinencias I'm tired of his impertinent remarks o his impertinence

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impertinencia

f impertinence;

una impertinencia an impertinent remark

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impertinencia nf

insolencia: impertinence, insolence