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Old August 31, 2009, 05:38 PM
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Question Stuck up

A few related words/expressions :

How do you say in Spanish :
- Stuck-up?
Snobbish; conceited.

- Self-absorbed?
A person who cannot stop thinking about themselves, and constantly reminds all others around them of their good and bad qualities.

- Self-important?
Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
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Old August 31, 2009, 06:18 PM
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In Mexico, to say someone is stuck up, they usually say that person's a "fresa," (atleast in the Yucatán). En cuanto a "self-absorbed," they would say "engreído." I might be confusing the terms a little bit, to me they are pretty much synonymous.
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- Stuck-up? Snobbish; conceited.

--> Presumido, presuntuoso, pretencioso, petulante, pedante, vanidoso, engreído, creído...


- Self-absorbed? A person who cannot stop thinking about themselves, and constantly reminds all others around them of their good and bad qualities.

--> Ególatra, egoísta, presumido, engreído, jactancioso, pagado de sí mismo...


- Self-important? Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.

--> pagado de sí mismo, ególatra, engreído, soberbio, altivo...
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Here's another thread that might be of interest: Snob. Great list of synonyms Malila!
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Old August 31, 2009, 07:29 PM
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@David: some of my favourite words are there.

Btw., Mexican slang can add, as it's been said, "fresa", but also "payaso" (yes, like a clown).
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Haha..

¡Muchas gracias, Nico, Malila y David!

¡Todas palabras muy interesantes!
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