pleasantries in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for pleasantries in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pleasantry <pl pleasantries> [Am ˈplɛzntri, Brit ˈplɛz(ə)ntri] N C

1. pleasantry (polite remark):

pleasantry

cumplido m

pleasantry

cortesía f

they exchanged the usual (social) pleasantries

intercambiaron los cumplidos or las cortesías de rigor

2. pleasantry (joking remark):

pleasantry

gracia f

pleasantry

comentario m gracioso

pleasantry

comentario m jocoso

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after the mandatory exchange of pleasantries

tras el obligado intercambio de cortesías

pleasantries in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pleasantries in the English»Spanish Dictionary

pleasantry <-ies> [ˈplezəntri] N

1. pleasantry (joke):

pleasantry

broma f

2. pleasantry pl (remarks):

pleasantry

cumplidos m pl

an exchange of pleasantries

un intercambio de cumplidos

pleasantries Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

an exchange of pleasantries

un intercambio de cumplidos

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Brash, aggressive, charmless and frequently menacing, he evinced little to none of the pleasantries such occasions usually engender.

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Her guiltless brand of selfish hedonism burns through the sluggish pleasantries of staff-room life like caustic soda in a blocked drain.

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There's very little messing around: no joking, chitchat or pleasantries.

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Most people can only talk pleasantries with the justices, who all develop a froideur an air of aloofness.

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