pretentious

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From French prétentieux, from prétention, from Latin praetēnsus (“false or hypocritical profession”), past participle of praetendō. Note that pretentious is spelled with a ‘t’, unlike related pretense, pretension. This is due to the French spelling: *-sious does not occur as an English suffix, though -sion and -tion both do.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَغْرُور (maḡrūr) — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Belarusian: прэтэнцыёзны (pretencyjózny) — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Bulgarian: претенциозен (pretenciozen) — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Catalan: pretensiós — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Chinese Mandarin: 做作 (zuòzuo) — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Czech: domýšlivý — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Danish: prætentiøs — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Danish: selvhøjtidelig — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Dutch: pretentieus — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Dutch: zelfingenomen — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Finnish: mahtaileva — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• French: prétentieux — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Galician: pretensioso — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• German: protzig — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• German: prätentiös — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Hindi: आडंबरी (āḍambrī) — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Hungarian: elbizakodott — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Irish: móiréiseach — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Irish: sotalach — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Irish: postúil — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Irish: gaisciúil — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Italian: pretenzioso — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Macedonian: претенцио́зен (pretenciózen) — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Māori: rangiwhata — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Norwegian Bokmål: pretensiøs — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pretensiøs — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Polish: pretensjonalny — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Portuguese: armante — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Portuguese: pretensioso — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Romanian: pretențios — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Russian: претенцио́зный (pretencióznyj) — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Spanish: pretencioso — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Spanish: pretensioso — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Spanish: comparón — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Swedish: pretentiös — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Swedish: anspråksfull — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Tagalog: mapagkunwari — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Tagalog: mapagpanggap — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Turkish: iddialı — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Turkish: kasıntılı — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Turkish: havalı (iinformal) — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Turkish: göz boyama — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Turkish: kendini beğenmiş — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Vietnamese: tự phụ — marked by an unwarranted claim to importance or distinction
• Bulgarian: превзет (prevzet) — intended to impress others
• Catalan: ostentós — intended to impress others
• Chinese Mandarin: 炫耀的 (xuànyào de) — intended to impress others
• Finnish: näyttävä — intended to impress others
• Hindi: आडंबरी (āḍambrī) — intended to impress others
• Hungarian: nagyképű — intended to impress others
• Irish: taibhseach — intended to impress others
• Irish: gáifeach — intended to impress others
• Irish: thar fóir — intended to impress others
• Italian: pretenzioso — intended to impress others
• Norwegian Bokmål: pretensiøs — intended to impress others
• Russian: показно́й (pokaznój) — intended to impress others
• Spanish: pretencioso — intended to impress others
• Turkish: gösterişçi — intended to impress others
• Turkish: iddialı — intended to impress others