reprimido

adj.

pent-up, repressed.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: reprimir.

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reprimido

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=reprimir}}reprimir

► adjetivo

1 repressed

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 repressed person

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reprimido, -a

1.

ADJ repressed

2.

SM / F repressed person

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I

-da adjetivo repressed

II

-da masculino, femenino

es un reprimido — he's repressed

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= pent-up, constrained, repressed, bottled-up.

Ex. They both exploded into laughter, thereby releasing the pent-up tension.

Ex. This game was developed in order to facilitate the therapeutic process for those children who are `inhibited, constrained or resistive'.

Ex. The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'.

Ex. The aim of therapy is the gentle release of bottled-up feelings.

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* reprimido sexualmente = sexually repressed.

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I

-da adjetivo repressed

II

-da masculino, femenino

es un reprimido — he's repressed

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= pent-up, constrained, repressed, bottled-up.

Ex: They both exploded into laughter, thereby releasing the pent-up tension.

Ex: This game was developed in order to facilitate the therapeutic process for those children who are `inhibited, constrained or resistive'.

Ex: The stereotype of a librarian i a 'fussy old woman of either sex, myopic and repressed, brandishing or perhaps cowering behind a date-stamp and surrounded by an array of notices which forbid virtually every human activity'.

Ex: The aim of therapy is the gentle release of bottled-up feelings.

* reprimido sexualmente = sexually repressed.

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reprimido¹ -da

adjective

repressed

reprimido² -da

masculine, feminine

es un reprimido he's repressed

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Del verbo reprimir: (conjugate reprimir)

reprimido es:

el participio

Multiple Entries:
reprimido    
reprimir
reprimido

◊ -da adjetivo

repressed
■ sustantivo masculino, femenino: es un reprimido he's repressed
reprimir (conjugate reprimir) verbo transitivo

a) ‹rebelión› to suppress, crush

b) ‹risa/llanto/bostezo› to suppress, stifle

c) (Psic) to repress

reprimirse verbo pronominal (refl) to control oneself
reprimido,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino y femenino repressed
reprimir verbo transitivo
1 (un impulso) to suppress: reprimió un bostezo, she stifled a yawn
2 (un sentimiento) to repress: no pudo reprimir su desilusión, he couldn't choke back his disappointment
3 (una rebelión, protesta) to put down, suppress
'reprimido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
reprimida
English:
pent-up
- repressed

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reprimido, -a

♦ adj

repressed

♦ nm,f

repressed person;

ser un reprimido to be repressed