put on airs

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38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Mandarin: 擺架子 /摆架子 (bǎijiàzi) — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 擺譜兒 /摆谱儿 (bǎipǔr) — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Chinese Mandarin: 拿大 (nádà) — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Esperanto: afekti — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Finnish: mahtailla — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• French: se donner des airs — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• French: prendre des airs — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• German: sich aufspielen — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Ancient Greek: ἀβρύνομαι (abrúnomai) — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Hungarian: felvág — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Hungarian: affektál — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Hungarian: megjátssza magát — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Icelandic: gera sig merkilegan — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Icelandic: setja upp hátíðarsvip — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Icelandic: snúa upp á sig — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Italian: darsi delle arie — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Japanese: 体裁振る (teisai-buru) — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Japanese: 見栄をはる (mie-o haru) — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Kalmyk: караглх (karaglx) — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Malay: berhidung tinggi — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Norman: faithe la reine — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Polish: pysznić się — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Polish: zadzierać nosa — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Polish: zadrzeć nosa — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Polish: gwiazdorzyć — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Polish: aktorzyć — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Portuguese: empinar o nariz — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Portuguese: erguer o nariz — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Russian: ва́жничать (vážničatʹ) — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Serbo-Croatian: džekirati — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Serbo-Croatian: kurčiti — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Spanish: darse aires — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Spanish: darse tono — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Spanish: hacer el paripé — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Swedish: göra sig märkvärdig — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Swedish: göra sig till — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Tagalog: magmaganda — become haughty, assume a haughty manner
• Uyghur: كاتتىلىق قىلماق (kattiliq qilmaq) — become haughty, assume a haughty manner