culto

adj.

educated, learned, civilized, well-bred.

m.

1 cult, worship, divine service.

2 religious sect, cult.

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culto

► adjetivo

1 (persona) cultured, educated

2 (estilo) refined

► nombre masculino culto

1 worship

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FRASEOLOGÍA

rendir culto a to pay homage to, worship

culto dominical Sunday worship

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culto

► nombre masculino

1 worship

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1. noun m.

cult

2. (f. - culta)

adj.

cultivated, educated

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1. ADJ

1) [persona] cultured, educated; pey (=afectado) affected

2) [palabra, frase] learned

2. SM

1) (Rel) (=veneración) worship; (=ritual) cult (a of)

libertad de culto — freedom of worship

el culto a Zeus — the cult of Zeus

rendir culto a — (lit) to worship; (fig) to pay homage o tribute to

2) (=admiración) cult

de culto — cult antes de s

una película de culto — a cult movie

culto a la personalidad — personality cult

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I

-ta adjetivo

a) <persona/pueblo> educated, cultured

b) (Ling) <palabra> learned; <literatura/música> highbrow

II

masculino

a) (veneración) worship

rendir culto a algo/alguien — to worship something/somebody

culto a la personalidad — personality cult

el culto del dinero — the cult of money

b) (liturgia) worship

libertad de culto(s) — freedom of worship

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I

-ta adjetivo

a) <persona/pueblo> educated, cultured

b) (Ling) <palabra> learned; <literatura/música> highbrow

II

masculino

a) (veneración) worship

rendir culto a algo/alguien — to worship something/somebody

culto a la personalidad — personality cult

el culto del dinero — the cult of money

b) (liturgia) worship

libertad de culto(s) — freedom of worship

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culto¹

¹ = literate, cultivated, educated, well educated [well-educated], highbrow [high-brow], highbrow [high-brow], cultured, refined.

Ex: Unsupported by any other teaching methods, browsing is not, of course enough to make children into literate readers.

Ex: So the narrator's style has to be articulate, cultivated, correct, steady.

Ex: This impressive work, which serves educated adults and serious students, intends to be a comprehensive, authoritative compendium of the world's most important knowledge and information.

Ex: This class is conservative in politics, aristocratic in social affairs, and characteristically well-bred, well-educated, well-housed, and well-heeled.

Ex: The lowly chow of the rural poor has gone highbrow.

Ex: People with a grade-school education, most of whose reading choices are in the low-brow category, cannot and do not easily read material written for the high-brow or even the increasingly college-trained middle-brow.

Ex: She is not just lissome and beautiful, but also cultured, artful, expressive, and energetic.

Ex: At that time, the Europeans were quite definitely the barbarians, whereas the Arabs were considered refined and civilised.

* menos cultos, los = less literate, the.

* poco culto = unenlightened.

culto²

² = cult.

Ex: The cult of information forms the catalyst for a discussion of the ways in which information has acquired folkloristic status as the major way in which people look at the world.

* culto a la carga = cargo cult.

* culto a la inutilidad = cargo cult.

* culto a la personalidad = personality cult.

* culto a la vida = cult of life.

* culto al cargamento = cargo cult.

* culto al cargo = cargo cult.

* culto al cuerpo = cult of the body, body beautiful.

* culto al dinero = cult of money.

* figura de culto = cult figure, cult hero.

* libertad de culto = religious freedom.

* objeto de culto = cult object.

* película de culto = cult movie.

* rendir culto = worship.

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culto¹ -ta

adjective

1 ‹persona/pueblo› educated, cultured

2 (Ling) ‹palabra/expresión› learned; ‹literatura/música› highbrow

culto²

masculine

1 (veneración) worship

rendir culto a algn/algo to worship sb/sth

culto a la personalidad personality cult

culto al éxito/placer the worship o cult of success/pleasure

el culto del dinero the cult of money

2 (liturgia) worship

libertad de culto(s) freedom of worship

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culto 1

◊ -ta adjetivo

a) ‹persona/pueblo› educated, cultured

b) (Ling) ‹palabra› learned;

‹literatura/música› highbrow
culto 2 sustantivo masculino

a) (adoración, creencia) worship;

◊ rendir culto a algo/algn to worship sth/sb;

libertad de culto(s) freedom of worship

b) (interés obsesivo) cult;

◊ el culto del dinero the cult of money

culto,-a
I adjetivo educated
(palabra) learned
II sustantivo masculino cult
Rel worship
'culto' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
culta
- darse
- ilustrada
- ilustrado
- infante
- libertad
- rendir
- venerar
- preparado
English:
cult
- cult movie
- cultivated
- cultured
- educated
- enlightened
- hero-worship
- well-educated
- well-read
- worship
- knowledgeable
- well

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culto, -a

♦ adj

1. [persona] cultured, educated;

[estilo] refined

2. [palabra] literary, learned

♦ nm

1. [devoción] worship (a of);

el culto al diablo devil worship;

el culto al cuerpo the cult of the body beautiful;

culto a la personalidad personality cult;

rendir culto a [dios] to worship;

[persona, valentía] to pay homage o tribute to;

un grupo/una película de culto a cult movie/group

2. [religión] cult

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culto

I adj educated

II m worship;

rendir culto a worship;

culto a o

de la personalidad personality cult

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culto, -ta adj

: cultured, educated

culto nm

1) : worship

2) : cult

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culto¹ adj cultured

una persona culta a cultured person

culto² n worship