pretendiente

f. & m.

1 candidate (aspirante).

2 pretender (a un trono).

m.

1 suitor (a noviazgo, matrimonio).

2 candidate, applicant, job applicant.

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pretendiente

► nombre masculino

1 (enamorado) suitor

► nombre masulino o femenino

1 (a un puesto) applicant

2 (al trono) pretender

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pretendiente, -a

1.

SM / F (=aspirante) [a cargo] candidate, applicant (a for)

[al trono] pretender (a to)

2.

SM † [de una mujer] suitor

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masculino y femenino

1) (al trono) pretender; (a un puesto) applicant

2) pretendiente masculino (de una mujer) suitor

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= suitor, swain.

Ex. The writer contends that Molly's soliloquy represents a textual performance of Penelope's backstage activity of weaving in order to unweave so as to outwit her suitors.

Ex. In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

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masculino y femenino

1) (al trono) pretender; (a un puesto) applicant

2) pretendiente masculino (de una mujer) suitor

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= suitor, swain.

Ex: The writer contends that Molly's soliloquy represents a textual performance of Penelope's backstage activity of weaving in order to unweave so as to outwit her suitors.

Ex: In all three novels, a lovestricken swain believes that he is disporting himself with the handsome object of his affections, when actually he lies abed with the grotesquely ugly maidservant of his mistress.

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pretendiente

masculine and feminine

A

1 (al trono) pretender

2 (a un puesto) applicant

B

pretendiente masculine (de una mujer) suitor

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pretendiente sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (al trono) pretender;
(a un puesto) applicant
2

◊ pretendiente sustantivo masculino (de una mujer) suitor

pretendiente,-a
I sustantivo masculino y femenino
1 (a un cargo) applicant
2 (al trono) pretender
II m (de una mujer) suitor
'pretendiente' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
calabaza
- pretendienta
- admirador
- desdeñar
English:
pretender
- claimant
- suitor

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pretendiente, -a

♦ nm,f

1. [aspirante] candidate (a for)

2. [a un trono] pretender (a to)

♦ nm

[a noviazgo, matrimonio] suitor

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pretendiente

I m de mujer suitor

II m/f

:

pretendiente al trono o

a la corona pretender to the throne

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pretendiente nmf

1) : candidate, applicant

2) : pretender, claimant (to a throne, etc.)

pretendiente nm

: suitor