rebuscado

adj.

1 farfetched, recherché, fancy.

2 affected, sham.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: rebuscar.

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rebuscado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=rebuscar}}rebuscar

► adjetivo

1 affected, recherché (estilo) elaborate, contrived

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ADJ

1) [estilo] affected; [palabra] recherché

2) LAm (=afectado) affected, stuck-up *

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-da adjetivo (complicado) over-elaborate, roundabout; (afectado) affected, recherché

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= arcane, recondite, stilted, far-fetched [farfetched].

Ex. It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.

Ex. This is an example of a source -- albeit in this case a highly recondite one -- which will assist with this type of enquiry.

Ex. His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.

Ex. If the situation arises in Britain as in the United States, where there is a proliferation of TV channels, and many local television stations, then it is perhaps not too far-fetched to imagine some of these transmitting either specialized or local teletext information.

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-da adjetivo (complicado) over-elaborate, roundabout; (afectado) affected, recherché

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= arcane, recondite, stilted, far-fetched [farfetched].

Ex: It is the breadth, not the depth, of librarians' knowledge that enables them quickly to provide a productive context for even the most apparently arcane questions.

Ex: This is an example of a source -- albeit in this case a highly recondite one -- which will assist with this type of enquiry.

Ex: His eccentricity was stilted and contrived.

Ex: If the situation arises in Britain as in the United States, where there is a proliferation of TV channels, and many local television stations, then it is perhaps not too far-fetched to imagine some of these transmitting either specialized or local teletext information.

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rebuscado -da

adjective

‹lenguaje/expresiones› recherché, over-elaborate; ‹persona› affected

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Del verbo rebuscar: (conjugate rebuscar)

rebuscado es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
rebuscado    
rebuscar
rebuscado

◊ -da adjetivo ‹explicación› over-elaborate, overcomplicated;

‹ejemplo/argumento› far-fetched;
‹estilo› affected
rebuscar (conjugate rebuscar) verbo intransitivo:

◊ rebuscó entre los papeles he searched through the papers;

rebuscaba en la basura he was rummaging about in the garbage
rebuscado,-a adjetivo
1 (complicado, muy elaborado) round-about
2 (con poca naturalidad, con afectación) stilted, recherché
rebuscar verbo intransitivo & vt to search throroughly: rebuscó entre las carpetas, she went through the files with a fine-tooth comb
el gato rebuscaba en la basura, the cat rummaged through the rubbish

'rebuscado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
rebuscada
English:
stilted

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rebuscado, -a adj

[lenguaje] obscure, recherché;

una explicación rebuscada a roundabout explanation;

el final de la película es muy rebuscado the ending of the movie is very contrived

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rebuscado

adj over-elaborate

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rebuscado, -da adj

: affected, pretentious