prim in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for prim in the English»Spanish Dictionary

prim <primmer primmest> [Am prɪm, Brit prɪm] ADJ

1. prim:

prim (prudish)

mojigato

prim (prudish)

gazmoño

prim (affected)

remilgado

prim (affected)

repipi Spain inf

that suit makes you look rather prim

con ese traje te ves muy formal or muy aseñorada

I can't believe she said that: she's so prim and proper!

no puedo creer que haya dicho eso, ella que es tan correcta y formal

2. prim (neat):

prim house/garden/uniform

cuidado

Translations for prim in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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pacato (pacata)

prim

pudibundo (pudibunda)

prim and proper

gazmoño (gazmoña)

prim and proper

gazmoño (gazmoña)

prim

prim in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for prim in the English»Spanish Dictionary

prim <-mer, -mest> [prɪm] ADJ

1. prim pej:

prim

remilgado, -a

prim and proper

remilgado

2. prim appearance:

prim

escrupuloso, -a

Translations for prim in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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remilgado (-a)

prim

relamido (-a)

prim and proper

prim Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

prim and proper

remilgado

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He is prim and proper, but seemingly more attentive to revenge against his enemies than the activities of his army.

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Although she wears the mask of a prim and proper high-class lady, but is clumsy and spoiled in her private life.

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Will the world's most spectacular butler and maid, respectively, doff their prim-and-proper manners and get busy at last?

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Prim's does not evaluate the total weight of the path from the starting node, only the individual path.

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Prim refers to this as "precognition" and appears to have known all along, but feigns ignorance.

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Prim (18211875), a newspaper man, were responsible for its initial success.

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I thought that she was a bit prim.

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A combination to prevent others from working by annoying them if they do is a very different thing, and is prim facie unlawful.

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The other musicians accompany the prim with their own ornamentations, following only the basic structure of a song.

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She does not always like new ideas and prefers prim, proper ladies.

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