presumido

adj.

conceited, arrogant, vain, assuming.

f. & m.

conceited person, swell-headed person, vain person, poseur.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: presumir.

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presumido

► adjetivo

1 (arrogante) conceited; (en el vestir) vain

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (arrogante) conceited person; (en el vestir) vain person

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(f. - presumida)

adj.

vain

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ADJ (=creído) conceited; (=coqueto) vain

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-da adjetivo

a) (engreído) conceited, full of oneself; (arrogante) arrogant

b) (coqueto) vain

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= conceited, smug, presumptuous, self-important, high-blown, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur.

Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

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. Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.

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. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.

Ex. It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.

Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.

Ex. This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.

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-da adjetivo

a) (engreído) conceited, full of oneself; (arrogante) arrogant

b) (coqueto) vain

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= conceited, smug, presumptuous, self-important, high-blown, hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], poseur.

Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

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: Many feel that it is presumptuous to think that a 150- to 250-word abstract can carry enough information from a well-written 3,000-word paper to be of much use except as a guide.

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: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.

Ex: It's the kind of barn where you can learn to ride without feeling mocked or like some hoity-toities are looking down their nose at you.

Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.

Ex: This is an interesting little town wholly populated by poseurs and backpackers with a few salty sea dogs thrown in for good measure.

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presumido -da

adjective

1 (engreído) conceited, full of oneself; (arrogante) arrogant

2 (coqueto) vain

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Del verbo presumir: (conjugate presumir)

presumido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
presumido    
presumir
presumido

◊ -da adjetivo

a) (engreído) conceited, full of oneself;

(arrogante) arrogant

b) (coqueto) vain

presumir (conjugate presumir) verbo intransitivo
to show off;
presumido DE algo ‹de dinero› (hablando) to boast o brag about sth;
(enseñándolo) to flash sth around;

◊ presume de guapo he thinks he's good-looking

verbo transitivo: se presume una reacción violenta there is likely to be a violent reaction;
era de presumido occurriría it was quite predictable what would happen
presumido,-a
I adjetivo vain
II sustantivo masculino y femenino vain person, familiar poser
presumir
I vtr (sospechar) to predict, suppose
II verbo intransitivo
1 (de una cualidad) to fancy oneself as: presume de listo, he thinks he's very smart
2 (de una posesión) to boast [de, about]: le gusta presumir de coche, he likes to show off his car

'presumido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
presumida
- presuntuosa
- presuntuoso
- autosuficiente
- vanidoso
English:
overconfident
- toffee-nosed
- vain
- self

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presumido, -a

♦ adj

1. [jactancioso]

ser presumido to be a show-off

2. [vanidoso] vain

♦ nm,f

1. [jactancioso] show-off

2. [vanidoso]

ser un presumido to be vain

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presumido

I adj

1 (creído) conceited

2 (coqueto) vain

II m, presumida f bighead

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presumido, -da adj

vanidoso: conceited, vain

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presumido adj vain