Snob
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Jane
May 26, 2008, 08:31 AM
Please, how do you say Snob in Spanish? :cool:
Tomisimo
May 26, 2008, 08:50 AM
I believe you can say esnob. In Mexico, una persona fresa, is a stuck-up, snobbish person.
Don't be a snob = No seas fresa.
Iris
May 26, 2008, 08:57 AM
That fresa thing is lovely, David. I would say "No seas cursi"
Tomisimo
May 26, 2008, 08:59 AM
Cursi would be the better way of saying snob, since it would be understood in more places. But in Mexico this usage of fresa is really common.
LaGata
May 26, 2008, 09:09 AM
I've heard the word "pesado"/"pesao" used in Puerto Rico, to mean snobbish or stuck up.
Iris
May 26, 2008, 09:10 AM
Over here pesado means a pain in the neck.
LaGata
May 26, 2008, 09:13 AM
I'll remember that next time my husband gets on my nerves :-)
Jane
May 26, 2008, 09:16 AM
I believe you can say esnob. In Mexico, una persona fresa, is a stuck-up, snobbish person.
Don't be a snob = No seas fresa.
I´ve heard the esnob option, but then, I thought that since almost all Spanish people pronounce the English "S" as "ES", my friend was only trying to speak English.
That fresa thing is lovely, David. I would say "No seas cursi"
jajajaja.
Now, I remember the cursi thing, Iris.:D
Jane
May 26, 2008, 09:17 AM
I'll remember that next time my husband gets on my nerves :-)
...:thumbsup:
Rusty
May 26, 2008, 09:33 AM
Estoy de acuerdo con esnob (plural esnobs) y cursi.
I agree with esnob (plural esnobs) and cursi.
He aquí otras palabras con sentidos parecidos:
Here are other words with similar meanings:
pedante, pretencioso, presumido, presuntuoso, petulante, engreído, vanaglorioso, envanecido, arrogante, orgulloso, altivo, altanero, soberbio, ufano, estirado, pijo, creido (Centroamérica)
Iris
May 26, 2008, 09:36 AM
Wow! Wonderful list. I think you spell pretencioso.
Rusty
May 26, 2008, 09:38 AM
Correct. Corrected. Thanks!
Jane
May 26, 2008, 09:39 AM
Estoy de acuerdo con esnob (plural esnobs) y cursi.
I agree with esnob (plural esnobs) and cursi.
He aquí otras palabras con sentidos parecidos:
Here are other words with similar meanings:
pedante, pretencioso, presumido, presuntuoso, petulante, engreído, vanaglorioso, envanecido, arrogante, orgulloso, altivo, altanero, soberbio, ufano, estirado, pijo, creido (Centroamérica)
quite some list, Rusty.
Now we´ve got more options than I hoped for.;)
Tomisimo
May 26, 2008, 11:30 AM
Rusty, Great list of synonyms! :thumbsup:
I've heard the word "pesado"/"pesao" used in Puerto Rico, to mean snobbish or stuck up.
Over here pesado means a pain in the neck.
Pesado can also be rough/mean.No jueguen pesado.
Don't play so rough.
No seas pesado con ella.
Don't be mean to her.
Marsopa
May 26, 2008, 09:00 PM
I always thought that cursi meant something more along the line of tacky...
Marsopa
poli
May 26, 2008, 09:18 PM
I always thought cursi meant course and rude.
Could you say con la nariz en el aire?
Rusty
May 26, 2008, 10:24 PM
Could you say con la nariz en el aire?
I believe you can say ser nariz parada.
Alfonso
May 27, 2008, 02:17 PM
Nunca he oído ese juego de narices que os traéis, Rusty y Poli.
Sí lo he oído con respecto a la barbilla: ... lleva siempre la barbilla muy alta. Pero no significa snob ni cursi, sino orgulloso.
Iris
May 27, 2008, 02:21 PM
You have the same idea in English. If I tell you "Keep your chin up" I mean there's no reason for you to be ashamed.You also have the expression "to stand tall".
celador
May 27, 2008, 10:39 PM
I was just testing the editor to see if it would put the tomisimo link with the word. It appears to be working well.
In Mexico, una persona fresa (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/fresa), is a stuck-up, snobbish person.
Don't be a snob = No seas fresa.[/quote]
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