engreído

engreído
adj.
vain, cocky, proud, bigheaded.
f. & m.
swell-headed person, conceited person, swellhead.
past part.
past participle of spanish verb: engreír.
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engreído
► adjetivo
1 vain, conceited, stuck-up
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engreído, -a
1. ADJ
1) (=vanidoso) vain, stuck-up *
2) LAm (=afectuoso) affectionate; (=mimado) spoiled, spoilt
2.
SM / F bighead *, spoiled brat
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I
-da adjetivo
a) (vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)
b) (Per) (mimado) spoiled*
II
-da masculino, femenino
a) (vanidoso) bighead (colloq)
b) (Per) (mimado) spoiled* brat
* * *
= conceited, self-inflated, stuck-up, self-important, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.
Ex. She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.
Ex. Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
Ex. library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
Ex. He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
Ex. Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
Ex. In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
Ex. It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and 'snobbish'.
Ex. Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
Ex. The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
Ex. The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
Ex. Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
Ex. The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
Ex. The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Ex. A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
Ex. I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.
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I
-da adjetivo
a) (vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)
b) (Per) (mimado) spoiled*
II
-da masculino, femenino
a) (vanidoso) bighead (colloq)
b) (Per) (mimado) spoiled* brat
* * *
= conceited, self-inflated, stuck-up, self-important, cocky [cockier -comp., cockiest -sup.], high-blown, snobbish, snobby [snobbier -comp., snobbiest -sup.], snob, haughty [haughtier -comp., haughtiest -sup.], hoity-toity, vain [vainer -comp., vainest -sup.], cocksure, supercilious, big-headed.

Ex: She wanted to say: 'You are a conceited, obstinate, inflexible, manipulative, pompous, close-minded, insensitive, abrasive, opinionated, platitudinous oaf!'.

Ex: Book clubs do not have to be cliquish, pretentious, stuffily self-inflated, or bolt-holes for ethereal literary spirits.
Ex: library users were stereotyped as old people, intellectuals, uninteresting people, shy or stuck-up people and people afraid of life.
Ex: He was described as 'a self-important, self-righteous blowhard, puffing his filthy pipe, patches on the elbows of his well-worn tweed jacket, decked out in the cliche costume of the shabby liberal icon'.
Ex: Bold, ambitious and in-your-face I've always considered them to be just too cocky by half.
Ex: In our media saturated world of high-blown hype and suffocating spin they do their best to tell you the truth.
Ex: It was possible to identify 3 main groups who display 3 different types of attitude -- participative, delegative and 'snobbish'.
Ex: Every one looked like death warmed up, including the snobby staff who I found far from welcoming.
Ex: The biggest faux pas according to snobs who take such things seriously is calling a sofa a couch or a setee.
Ex: The only blot on his escutcheon is, that after his great success he grew to be haughty and insolent in his demands.
Ex: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.
Ex: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.
Ex: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
Ex: A commenter took me to task for being supercilious and said it was inconsistent with my religion.
Ex: I alwasy knew she was a pain in the arse, without knowing her you can just tell, by the way she behaves, that she is big-headed and thinks she's god's gift to the human race.

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engreído1 -da
adjective
1 (vanidoso, presumido) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)
2 (Per) (mimado) spoiled*
engreído2 -da
masculine, feminine
1 (vanidoso) bighead (colloq)
2 (Per) (mimado) spoiled* brat
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Del verbo engreír: (conjugate engreír)

engreído es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
engreído    
engreír
engreído
◊ -da adjetivo

a) (vanidoso) conceited, bigheaded (colloq)

b) (Per) (mimado) spoiled(conjugate spoiled)

■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
a) (vanidoso) bighead (colloq)

b) (Per) (mimado) spoiled brat

engreído,-a adjetivo conceited
'engreído' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
además
- cambio
- corte
- engreída
- estiramiento
- fatua
- fatuo
- parecer
- ufana
- ufano
- creído
- pituco
- presumido
- sobrado
English:
bighead
- bigheaded
- cocksure
- fatuous
- self-important
- smug
- toffee-nosed
- conceited
- puffed
- self
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engreído, -a
♦ adj
1. [creído] conceited, full of one's own importance
2. Perú [mimado] spoiled
♦ nm,f
1. [creído] conceited person;
ser un engreído to be very conceited
2. Perú [mimado]
ser un engreído to be spoiled
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engreído
adj conceited
* * *
engreído, -da adj
presumido, vanidoso: vain, conceited, stuck-up

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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