osadía
boldness ; fearlessness ; effrontery ; blatancy ; shamelessness ; impudence ; pertness ; presumptuousness ; presumption ; brazenness ; insolence.
Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.
Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.
This article discusses the use of the term 'chutzpah' by courts suffering various effronteries at the hands of attorneys and even witnesses who appear before them in both criminal and civil matters.
There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.
Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue.
We were forced to conclude that the girl, with all her pertness, was of a better sort than we had supposed.
In contrast, Heidegger never repented his presumptuousness.
His fall from grace may have been due to his presumption in using Hatshepsut's temple for his own devotional purposes.
However, his brazenness was short-lived as a canon shell shattered his right leg, forcing the garrison to surrender.
But a commander from another land will put an end to his insolence and cause him to retreat in shame.
tener la osadía de
have + the gall to
have + the nerve(s) to
have + the cheek to
have + the nerve to
In an interview earlier this week, he had the gall to declare that the resolution would show the United States had no stomach for finishing the war.
And then, to rub salt in the wound, Adobe had the nerves to sent me an automated email announcing that the issue was fixed.
When they do this I always drive even more slowly and then they have the cheek to shout at me like I'm the one in the wrong.
If you don't have the nerve to directly approach a girl who has caught your eye, consider being her secret admirer for a while.
