facetious in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

facetious in the PONS Dictionary

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faceto (-a)
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facetious Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

stop being so facetious
deja de hacerte el gracioso
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Avoid sarcasm and facetious remarks.
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The artiste, who asked the question, was being facetious, wasn't he?
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As a metaphor it is used figuratively to characterise ego-driven battling in a pejorative or facetious manner that is often considered vulgar.
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Maybe such facetious perspectives help to reduce the frustration we endlessly endure.
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Much of this consists of altering the vowel in a word for facetious or sarcastic effect.
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Jocular or facetious coinages as conscious back-formation.
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Because of pressure to conform, the victim may switch to false understanding (pretending comprehension of the incomprehensible) after receiving facetious derision from the conspirators.
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Neurosis was being used, increasingly, in a facetious or pejorative sense, rather than a diagnostic sense.
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Despite the facetious nature of the introduction, the five recipes included in the final 50 lines seem to be genuine, or at least plausible, cosmetic treatments.
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Their official website features links to a collection of facetious charity microsites, each containing particular information about the band.
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