prepotente

prepotente
adj.
1 domineering, overbearing (arrogante).
2 very powerful (poderoso).
3 prepotent, domineering.
f. & m.
arrogant person.
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prepotente
► adjetivo
1 arrogant, domineering
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ADJ
1) (=arrogante) high-handed

actitud prepotente — high-handed attitude

un ministro fatuo y prepotente — a conceited and arrogant minister

2) (=poderoso) powerful
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adjetivo <persona> arrogant, overbearing; <actitud> high-handed
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= full of opinions, opinionated, overbearing, self-important, supercilious, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.].
Ex. He was most definitely not their kind of Republican - a moderate, a maverick; outspokenly full of opinions that made their hair stand on end.
Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex. Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
Ex. The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
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adjetivo <persona> arrogant, overbearing; <actitud> high-handed
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= full of opinions, opinionated, overbearing, self-important, supercilious, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.].

Ex: He was most definitely not their kind of Republican - a moderate, a maverick; outspokenly full of opinions that made their hair stand on end.

Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex: Overbearing parents are likely to raise obsessive kids, according to a new study.
Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
Ex: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.

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prepotente
adjective
‹persona› arrogant, overbearing; ‹actitud› high-handed
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prepotente adjetivo ‹persona› arrogant, overbearing;
‹actitud› high-handed
prepotente adjetivo overbearing, arrogant
'prepotente' also found in these entries:
English:
arrogant
- high-handed
- pushy
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prepotente adj
1. [arrogante] domineering, overbearing
2. [poderoso] very powerful
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prepotente
adj arrogant
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prepotente adj
: arrogant, domineering, overbearing
♦ prepotencia nf

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