Cantamañanas in english
Cantamañanas
pronunciation: kæntəməɑnəz part of speech: none
pronunciation: kæntəməɑnəz part of speech: none
In gestures
cantamañanas = braggart ; hot dog ; showboat ; show-off ; bullshitter ; swank ; bullshit artist ; piss artist ; grandstander ; showboater.
Example: Palma, described by many as an indiscreet braggart, told people at the gun range that the group was preparing for clandestine trips to Cuba.Example: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.Example: Steve knows that he is a 'showboat, a little bit of a prick,' but he also knows that it's too late for a man in his fifties to change.Example: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.Example: There are loads of really talented but unqualified people who never get a chance to shine for one reason or another and there are loads of crapsters and bullshitters who land a cushy deal.Example: Please God, next time help the poor to be richer, and the rich not to be quite such 'swanks' as they are now, and so make everything fair and equal.Example: But we all know a bullshit artist when we encounter one, and we know the feelings of inauthenticity, falsity, and hollowness the bullshit artist evokes.Example: It frustrates me that in this country artists are seen as tricksters or piss artists, whereas in Europe they're treated as professional people with something useful to offer the world.Example: I recognize he was difficult to work with and a bit of a grandstander, and I still submit that a legislative body needs those people.Example: Showboaters are not harmful but can become so if they don't get the recognition they seek.more:
» ser un cantamañanas = be all mouth ; be all talk ; be all talk (,/and/but) no action .
Example: Some have been referred to as being all ears, while others have been noted as being all mouth = A algunos se les conoce por ser todo oídos, mientras que a otros por ser unos bocazas. Example: This girl is all talk, she doesn't have what it takes to stand behind her words. Example: She strikes me as someone who is all talk, no action.