Mundano

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for December 18, 2009

mundano (adjective) — worldly. Look up mundano in the dictionary

Tenía un gusto por la vida mundana.
He had a taste for high society.

En este monasterio la vida es muy espiritual. Despreciamos lo mundano.
In this monastery, life is very spiritual. We despise material things.

Le gusta la vida mundana, es decir que tiene mucho mundo.
She is at ease in society, so wise in the ways of the world.

[Perikles]

Escrito originalmente por DailyWord

En este monasterio la vida es muy espiritual. Despreciamos lo mundano.
In this monastery, life is very spiritual. We despise material things.

Off-topic, but despreciar in this context means to spurn, reject. In English, despise is far too strong, surely?

[María José]

There is a thread somewhere where we discussed the meaning of the English mundane, isn't there?

[pjt33]

Escrito originalmente por Perikles

Off-topic, but despreciar in this context means to spurn, reject. In English, despise is far too strong, surely?

Disdain?

[María José]

Escrito originalmente por pjt33

Disdain?

Look down on?

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Perikles: as seen from a monastery, I think "despise" is expressive enough, but one can surely find a few nuances there.

[CrOtALiTo]

He was a taste for the good eat.

He was a great taste for the life of the high official

I hope that my examples are correct.

[hermit]

Hi Perikles - I agree with you on "despise", except that in the monastic context,
might it not seem right?

[Perikles]

Escrito originalmente por hermit

Hi Perikles - I agree with you on "despise", except that in the monastic context,
might it not seem right?

Yes, I guess there would be a range of individual attitudes to the mundane, including despise

[irmamar]

Escrito originalmente por CrOtALiTo

He was a taste for the good eat.

He was a great taste for the life of the high official

I hope that my examples are correct.

Crotalito, pay attention to the verb. In the example "to have" is used, but you said "was".

And instead "He was a taste" maybe you could say "he liked good food". An about the second... I don't understand

Some help.