pretensión-1
pretentiousness ; conceit ; self-conceit ; pretension.
His publications attacked the pretentiousness and fallibility of the world of academia.
It's been hard to stomach the fool, with his conceit and his whining.
Man's self-conceit and love of power are the cause of most of his troubles, sins and vices.
He'd been popular earlier on but was now on thin ice with most members of our class due to his pretension and uppity manner.
con pretensiones artísticas [También escrito arty] [También escrito artsy] [También escrito artsy-craftsy] [También escrito artsy-fartsy] [También escrito arty-farty] [También escrito arty-crafty]
artsy [artsier -comp., artsiest -sup.]
arty [artier -comp., artiest -sup.]
arty-crafty
arty-farty
artsy-fartsy
artsy-craftsy
An old friend of mine works at that same coffee shop, a vibrant, decadent, and rather artsy hang out for the student population there.
It's a rather arty hangout particularly with writers and theatrical types, who adore both the contemporary street-side cafe and the dining room further inside.
It's a rather arty-crafty, ethnic-sandals-and-incense sort of place, a hangover from the Sixties, when there was a thriving hippy colony here.
Why they continued to make such arty-farty films that nobody liked or went to see is anyone's guess.
The owners love the show, although Michael wouldn't be caught dead at such an artsy-fartsy place.
I like the jacket very much, and the skirt, but the embellishment looks a little too artsy-craftsy for me.
con pretensiones de superioridad moral
self-righteous
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'.
falsa pretensión
false pretence
That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.
sin pretensiones
humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.]
understated
In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile.
Whatever its look is, understated or overboard, a crystal chandelier doesn't blend in with all kinds of rooms.
