Impertinente in english
Impertinent
pronunciation: ɪmpɜrtənənt part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: ɪmpɜrtənənt part of speech: adjective
In gestures
impertinente = cheeky ; short-tempered ; off-hand [offhand] ; saucy ; pert ; quick-tempered ; stroppy ; shirty [shirtier -comp., shirtiest -sup.,] ; ill-tempered ; liverish ; bare-faced ; narky .
Example: The young man in the picture is myself snapped twenty-five years or so ago by a cheeky thirteen-year-old during the first few months of my first teaching job.Example: A medical doctor had told him that the reason why women have faster pulse beats is because they are short-tempered.Example: The osteopath was accused of being off-hand with a female patient and not putting her at ease.Example: Singers and other entertainers in Burma have been warned to cut out saucy behaviour and be neat and tidy or face the consequences.Example: He lingered round the bookstall looking at the books and papers till a pert girl behind the counter asked him if he wouldn't like a chair.Example: Lawson was a quick-tempered young woman but she also had a good heart and liked to dance when the mood struck her.Example: My 11-year-old daughter has become really stroppy and prone to emotional outbursts, swearing at us and acting in a way that's completely unlike her.Example: I'm at a shirty tiredness level where some chicken & then a good nap is preferable over sex.Example: Ill-tempered girls were also twice as likely as even-tempered girls to be divorced women at midlife (26% vs. 12%).Example: Some people, being excessively liverish, cannot refrain from fuming with rage and shouting abuse when they come across stories of injustice, ignorance and foul play in the newspapers.Example: The bare-faced callousness of the American healthcare system is obvious.Example: My husband would be a very angry man; the slightest thing irritates him and makes him narky.more:
» ser impertinente con = be short with ; be snappy with .
Example: He first spotted trouble when she started being short with users and so he solved the problem by scaling back her workload. Example: She was overweight, tired, exhibited some symptoms of depression, complained of boredom at work and was snappy with her two children and husband.