prig im Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Übersetzungen für prig im Englisch»Spanisch-Wörterbuch

prig [Am prɪɡ, Brit prɪɡ] SUBST

prig

mojigato m / mojigata f

don't be such a prig!

¡no seas tan mojigato!

don't be such a prig!

¡no seas tan santito! iron

Übersetzungen für prig im Spanisch»Englisch-Wörterbuch

Weitere Übersetzungen und typische Wortverbindungen mit dem Suchbegriff

gazmoño (gazmoña)

prig

es una niña muy zanahoria

she's such a prig

prig im PONS Wörterbuch

Übersetzungen für prig im Englisch»Spanisch-Wörterbuch

prig [prɪg] SUBST abw

prig

mojigato(-a) m (f)

Einsprachige Beispiele (nicht von der PONS Redaktion geprüft)

Englisch

A prig is a believer in red tape; that is, he exalts the method above the work done.

en.wikipedia.org

For years the elitist prigs have told us that certain issues -- like immigration -- can not be discussed.

www.spectator.co.uk

His speeches portray him as a monstrous prig and a priggish monster.

www.independent.ie

A prig is wise beyond his years in all things that do not matter.

en.wikipedia.org

But she was evidently a strange child -- greatly preferring the company of adults, educated patchily and -- by her own confession -- rather a prig.

www.telegraph.co.uk

Dex is an arrogant prig who expects everything to come to him without working for it.

www.dailymail.co.uk

After all, if she can be turned into a nicey-nice dispenser of advice on how to become a smug, self-admiring prig, can she really be that great?

theconversation.com

To be a sociable being is to accept give and take, and it isn't nice to be thought a prig.

www.telegraph.co.uk

He is a prig with an instinct for grandeur that at once muddles his statements and endows them with an ineffable grandiosity.

en.wikipedia.org

Emotionally confused in thought.... a self-conscious prig, so given to examining all sides of a question that he becomes thoroughly addled while remaining always in the same spot.

www.slate.com