- pomposo
- pomposo► adjetivo1 pompous* * *ADJ (=espléndido) splendid, magnificent; (=majestuoso) majestic; (=ostentoso) pompous* * *-sa adjetivoa) <boda/fiesta> magnificent, splendid; <lenguaje/estilo> pompous, high-soundingb) (ostentoso) pompous, ostentatious* * *= pompous, hyfoluted, ostentatious, portentous.Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.Ex. I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.Ex. Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.Ex. He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.* * *-sa adjetivoa) <boda/fiesta> magnificent, splendid; <lenguaje/estilo> pompous, high-soundingb) (ostentoso) pompous, ostentatious* * *= pompous, hyfoluted, ostentatious, portentous.
Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: I can believe that changing the logo broke some hyfoluted view ofthe library.Ex: Then came the time when ostentatious opulence was replaced with a subtler, but no less striking design style.Ex: He is described in the play as a "rather portentous man in his middle fifties but rather provincial in his speech'.* * *pomposo -saadjective1 ‹boda/fiesta› magnificent, splendid2 ‹lenguaje/estilo› pompous, high-sounding3 (ostentoso) pompous, ostentatious* * *
pomposo◊ -sa adjetivoa) ‹boda/fiesta› magnificent, splendid;
‹lenguaje/estilo› pompous, high-soundingb) (ostentoso) pompous, ostentatious
pomposo,-a adjetivo pompous
'pomposo' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
aparatosa
- aparatoso
- pomposa
English:
pompous
* * *pomposo, -a adj1. [suntuoso] sumptuous, magnificent2. [ostentoso] showy3. [lenguaje] pompous* * *pomposoadj pompous* * *pomposo, -sa adj: pompous♦ pomposamente adv
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.