Translations for „donna“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . pri·ma don·na [ˌpri:məˈdɒnə, Am -ˈdɑ:nə] N also fig

prima donna

Primadonna f

to behave like a right prima donna

sich acc aufführen wie eine Primadonna

II . pri·ma don·na [ˌpri:məˈdɒnə, Am -ˈdɑ:nə] N modifier

prima donna

arrogant pej

prima donna

primadonnenhaft pej

pri·ma don·na-ish [ˌpri:məˈdɒnəɪʃ, Am -ˈdɑ:n-] ADJ pej inf

prima donna-ish

primadonnenhaft pej

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to behave like a right prima donna

sich acc aufführen wie eine Primadonna

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The guy has been through all the different pangs of adolescent love and comes to the realisation that love is a prima donna.

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He found the conference different from the previous ones where the military element had been the prima donna, occupying the centre of the stage.

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They represent, respectively, the young girl's, the musician's, and the courtesan's side of the prima donna.

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A lot of us felt she had become a prima donna.

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The prima donna was normally, but not necessarily, a soprano.

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She is, in other words, a typical prima donna.

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The idea that this was cycling's biggest prima donna made no sense at all: confident in his own (proven) abilities, yes; arrogant so-and-so, no.

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A friend described her as the prima donna of the whole thing.

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They were cast in heroic male roles, alongside another new breed of operatic creature, the prima donna.

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They're not idolised like the prima donna snowdrops nor are they ego-maniacal show-offs like narcissi.

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