popinjay in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for popinjay in the English»Spanish Dictionary

popinjay [Am ˈpɑpənˌdʒeɪ, Brit ˈpɒpɪndʒeɪ] N liter

popinjay

presumido m / presumida f

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

You're a popinjay who thinks that rugby is all running and passing.

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Many of these ladies would find out, rather belatedly, that their concepts of love and idealism have meant nothing to these crooks and popinjays.

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There are no international standard rules of popinjay.

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And by enlightening others, we would have severed the trail of broken hearts and rendered the popinjays powerless, for knowledge, we are told, is power.

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Importantly, this also suggests that the same paint was used on the popinjay and the background.

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We became ribald popinjays living on the outer fringes of other peoples' lives.

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This led us to conclude that the green background was applied on the entire wall first, varnished, and the popinjay was then painted on top.

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Let me expose a typical modus operandi of these popinjays.

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Some of the very many similar alternative terms are: coxcomb, fribble, popinjay (meaning parrot), fashion-monger, and ninny.

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I do hope he doesn't, for neither of those serious statesmen deserves the insult of being compared with this popinjay.

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