Palabrería in english
Wordiness
pronunciation: wɜrdinəs part of speech: noun
pronunciation: wɜrdinəs part of speech: noun
In gestures
palabrería = verbiage ; hot air ; waffle ; mumbo jumbo ; rigmarole [rigamarole] ; fast-talking ; fast-talk ; loquacity ; loquaciousness.
Example: The effectiveness of library guides is minimised by excessive verbiage.Example: All these annual events seem to generate a lot of hot air but very little materializes as a result especially in the Government sector.Example: Gordon is no more a friend of democratic rights for all his waffle about giving 'power to the people'.Example: This is all the legal mumbo jumbo that protects me from some random lawsuit for god only knows what.Example: She sensed intelligence behind this rigmarole, but it was meaningless to her.Example: They had to do some fast-talking to gain access to the facilities.Example: It was obvious to some that his fast talk and clever references conspicuously failed to hide his insecurity.Example: Her vivacity and loquacity is remarkable and her speech is strikingly eloquent.Example: What had attracted me at first was his loquaciousness -- and that very trait eventually turned me off.more:
» con mucha palabrería = glibly .
Example: When the mission of the public library in society is pondered, the trio of education, information and recreation is frequently injected glibly into the conversation.» persona con/de mucha palabrería = fast-talker ; smooth-talker .
Example: Beware the fast-talker, the person with the gift of the gab -- the friendly salesman, the oily politician -- running through the 'facts' faster than you can keep up. Example: Almost two decades later we have research confirming that a smooth talker wins the day still.» pura palabrería = just hot air .
Example: We can complain about politics, politicians and our country's downward spiral, but our words are just hot air if we are not informed.