- ínfulas
- f.pl.pretenses, presumption, airs, airs and graces.* * *ínfulas► nombre femenino plural1 pretensions\FRASEOLOGÍAdarse ínfulas to put on airs* * *SFPL (=vanidad) conceit sing ; (=disparates) pretentious nonsense sing
darse ínfulas — to get all high and mighty
tener (muchas) ínfulas de algo — to fancy o.s. as sth
un joven con ínfulas de escritor — a young man who fancies himself as a writer
* * *femenino pluraldarse or tener muchas ínfulas — to put on o give oneself airs
se daba ínfulas de intelectual — he fancied himself as an intellectual
* * *femenino pluraldarse or tener muchas ínfulas — to put on o give oneself airs
se daba ínfulas de intelectual — he fancied himself as an intellectual
* * *ínfulasfpldarse or tener muchas ínfulas to put on o give oneself airsse da muchas ínfulas he has a high opinion of himselfse daba ínfulas de intelectual he fancied himself as an intellectual* * *
ínfulas sustantivo femenino plural: darse or tener muchas ínfulas to put on o give oneself airs
'ínfulas' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
ínfula
- pretensión
English:
get
* * *ínfulas nfplpretensions;darse o [m5]tener ínfulas to give oneself airs* * *ínfulasfpl fig:tener odarse ínfulas give o.s. airs* * *ínfulas nfpl1) : conceit2)darse ínfulas : to put on airs
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.