- campante
- adj.carefree, fancy-free, happy-go-lucky.* * *campante► adjetivo1 familiar (despreocupado) cool, unconcerned■ se quedó tan campante cuando vio que había suspendido she didn't bat an eyelid when she knew she had failed2 familiar (ufano) proud, self-satisfied■ iba tan campante con su coche nuevo he was so proud of his new car* * *ADJ1) (=despreocupado)
siguió tan campante — he went on as if nothing had happened o without batting an eyelid
allí estaba tan campante — there he sat as cool as a cucumber
2) (=destacado) outstanding* * *adjetivose quedó tan campante — he didn't bat an eyelid
nosotros muertos de miedo y él tan campante — we were scared stiff but he was as cool as a cucumber
* * *adjetivose quedó tan campante — he didn't bat an eyelid
nosotros muertos de miedo y él tan campante — we were scared stiff but he was as cool as a cucumber
* * *campanteadjectivey se quedó tan campante he didn't bat an eyelid o he acted as if nothing had happened* * *
campante adjetivo:◊ se quedó tan campante he didn't bat an eyelash (AmE) or (BrE) eyelid;
nosotros muertos de miedo y él tan campante we were scared stiff but he was as cool as a cucumber
campante adjetivo familiar
1 (imperturbable, fresco) me dijo que no me pagaría y se quedó tan campante, he told me he wouldn't pay me and didn't bat an eyelid
2 (contento) pleased: iba yo tan campante cuando..., I was walking along quite happily when...
'campante' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
fresca
- fresco
English:
breeze
* * *campante adjle dije que estaba despedido, y se quedó tan campante I told him he was fired, and he didn't turn a hair;perdió todo lo que tenía, pero estaba tan campante he lost everything he had, but it was like water off a duck's back;llevaba un vestido ridículo, pero iba tan campante he was dressed ridiculously, but it didn't seem to concern him in the least* * *campanteadj:tan campante fam as calm as anything fam* * *campante adj: nonchalant, smugseguir tan campante: to go on as if nothing had happened
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.