remilgado

adj.

finicky, fastidious, affected, fussy.

f. & m.

fussbudget, fuddy-duddy, fuddy.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: remilgarse.

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remilgado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=remilgarse}}remilgarse

► adjetivo

1 (afectado) affected

2 (con la comida) fussy, finicky

3 (mojigato) prudish

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ADJ

1) (=melindroso) finicky, fussy, particular

2) (=mojigato) prudish, prim

3) (=afectado) affected

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-da adjetivo fussy

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= prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget.

Ex. It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a 'prissy' middle-class atmosphere.

Ex. I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.

Ex. After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.

Ex. As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.

Ex. And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.

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-da adjetivo fussy

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= prissy [prissier -comp., prissiest -sup.], prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], finicky [finickier -comp., finickiest -sup.], fusspot, fussbudget.

Ex: It is especially important that the classroom not be dominated by a 'prissy' middle-class atmosphere.

Ex: I am really liking buttoned-up, very prim, demure-to-the-point-of-invisibility dresses lately.

Ex: After all, even a healthy cat can become finicky when offered an unfamiliar meal.

Ex: As for Steve, he traded his days as a bachelor for life with a fusspot.

Ex: And they're playing an odd couple reminiscent of Neil Simon's classic pairing of a fussbudget and a slob.

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remilgado -da

adjective

fussy

está muy sucio — ¡pero qué remilgado eres! it's filthy — oh, don't be so fussy o so fastidious o (colloq) such a fusspot!

es tan remilgada, no prueba nada de comida extranjera she's so fussy o particular, she won't even try foreign food

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remilgado

◊ -da adjetivo

fussy
remilgado,-a adj pey (repipi, afectado) fussy
(con la comida) picky

'remilgado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ñoña
- ñoño
- remilgada
- melindroso
English:
prim
- prissy
- proper
- prudish

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remilgado, -a, Méx remilgoso, -a adj

1. [afectado] affected

2. [escrupuloso] squeamish;

[con comida] fussy, finicky

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remilgado

adj fussy, finicky

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remilgado, -da adj

1) : prim, prudish

2) : affected