tajante

adj.

1 categorical (respuesta, rechazo).

2 sharp, cutting.

3 clear-cut.

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tajante

► adjetivo

1 sharp, strong

2 figurado emphatic, categorical

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ADJ

1) (=contundente) [negativa] emphatic; [órdenes] strict; [crítica, distinción] sharp; [comentario] incisive

contestó con un "no" tajante — he answered with an emphatic "no"

hacer afirmaciones tajantes — to make categorical statements

fueron tajantes en su condena — they were categorical in their condemnation

una crítica tajante del gobierno — some sharp criticism of the government

es una persona tajante — he calls a spade a spade

2) [herramienta] sharp, cutting

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adjetivo <respuesta> categorical, unequivocal; <tono> sharp

un `no' tajante — an emphatic o categorical `no'

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= absolutist, peremptory, forthright, uncompromising, unequivocal, categoric, unmitigaged.

Ex. Most of the students who discussed the film seemed to have derived an almost absolutist and very specific understanding of its meaning.

Ex. The author's argumentation is vehement, sometimes peremptory, but not conclusive.

Ex. We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.

Ex. What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

Ex. The exhaustive and unequivocal definition of the nature and types of material qualifying to be described as ephemera could probably form the basis of a learned dissertation.

Ex. The question of the need for categoric assurances is not locked into a 12 month timeframe or any other timeframe.

Ex. Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.

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* afirmación tajante = protestation.

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adjetivo <respuesta> categorical, unequivocal; <tono> sharp

un `no' tajante — an emphatic o categorical `no'

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= absolutist, peremptory, forthright, uncompromising, unequivocal, categoric, unmitigaged.

Ex: Most of the students who discussed the film seemed to have derived an almost absolutist and very specific understanding of its meaning.

Ex: The author's argumentation is vehement, sometimes peremptory, but not conclusive.

Ex: We have been told once, in clear and forthright terms, what it is that we need.

Ex: What precipitated that furor was that Panizzi's volume represented a uncompromising rejection of the comfortable ideology of the finding catalog.

Ex: The exhaustive and unequivocal definition of the nature and types of material qualifying to be described as ephemera could probably form the basis of a learned dissertation.

Ex: The question of the need for categoric assurances is not locked into a 12 month timeframe or any other timeframe.

Ex: Only Bush could take a horrible situation and create an unmitigated disaster.

* afirmación tajante = protestation.

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tajante

adjective

‹respuesta› categorical, unequivocal; ‹tono› sharp

un `no' tajante an emphatic o a categorical `no'

me lo dijo de una manera tajante he told me sharply o in no uncertain terms

un paisaje de contrastes tajantes a landscape of sharp contrasts

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tajante adjetivo ‹respuesta› categorical, unequivocal;
‹tono› sharp;

◊ un `no' tajante an emphatic o categorical `no'

tajante adj (contundente) categorical
un "no" tajante, an emphatic "no"
(brusco) sharp

'tajante' also found in these entries:
English:
blunt
- crisp
- emphatic

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tajante adj

[respuesta] categorical; [rechazo, negativa] categorical, outright; [tono] emphatic;

fue tajante al negar las acusaciones she categorically o flatly denied the accusations;

contestó de modo tajante she was categorical in her reply

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tajante

adj categorical

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tajante adj

1) : cutting, sharp

2) : decisive, categorical