mojigato

adj.

prudish, hypocritical, straight-laced, straitlaced.

m.

prude, prig, goody-goody.

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mojigato

► adjetivo

1 (gazmoño) prudish; (falso) sanctimonious

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 (gazmoño) prude; (falso) sanctimonious person

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mojigato, -a

1.

ADJ (=santurrón) sanctimonious; (=puritano) prudish, strait-laced

2.

SM / F (=santurrón) sanctimonious person; (=puritano) prude

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I

-ta adjetivo prudish, straitlaced

II

-ta masculino, femenino prude

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= prude, prudish, sanctimonious, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].

Ex. For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

Ex. In his outward appearance Hitler showed himself as a prudish & ascetic person, overly concerned with personal cleanliness .

Ex. These denunciations make libraries look both sanctimonious and hypocritical for trying to save the world when they have failed to put ther own house in order.

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

Ex. Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.

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I

-ta adjetivo prudish, straitlaced

II

-ta masculino, femenino prude

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= prude, prudish, sanctimonious, prim [primmer -comp., primmest -sup.], straitlaced [strait-laced].

Ex: For her refusal, Isabella has received a great deal of blame from subsequent critics, who call her a hard-hearted prude.

Ex: In his outward appearance Hitler showed himself as a prudish & ascetic person, overly concerned with personal cleanliness .

Ex: These denunciations make libraries look both sanctimonious and hypocritical for trying to save the world when they have failed to put ther own house in order.

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

Ex: Three years later, when he was fifteen, he slipped into Rachel's bedroom and her straitlaced mother caught them petting and giggling on the side of the bed.

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mojigato¹ -ta

adjective

prudish, straitlaced, puritanical

mojigato² -ta

masculine, feminine

prude

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mojigato

◊ -ta adjetivo

prudish
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino
prude
mojigato,-a
I adjetivo prudish
II sustantivo masculino y femenino prude

'mojigato' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
mojigata
- ñoña
- ñoño
- gazmoño
- melindroso
- puritano
- zanahoria
English:
prig
- priggish
- prude
- sanctimonious
- uptight
- prim
- prudish

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mojigato, -a

♦ adj

1. [beato] prudish

2. [falsamente humilde] sanctimonious

♦ nm,f

1. [beato] prude

2. [persona falsamente humilde] sanctimonious person

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mojigato

I adj prudish

II m, mojigata f prude

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mojigato, -ta adj

: prudish, prim

♦ mojigatamente adv

mojigato, -ta n

: prude, prig