Petulante in english
Petulant
pronunciation: petʃələnt part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: petʃələnt part of speech: adjective
In gestures
petulante = smug ; petulant ; show-off ; showboat ; hot dog ; hoity-toity ; cocksure ; grandstander ; showboater.
Example: A little later in the same document, in a passage dealing in a rather smug way with the then infant county libraries we read that the purpose of such libraries should be to relieve the tedium of idle hours quite irrespective of intellectual profit or educational gain.Example: His manner was more animated, but not in the usual petulant sense: he even seemed years younger.Example: The ebullient Mr Wang is a chatterbox and a bit of a show-off.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: Jerry Hairston is a bit of a hot dog and needs to be reined in at times.Example: Wine lovers get the urge to splurge and celebrate, often in hoity-toity restaurants.Example: The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.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:
» sonrisa petulante = fish-eating grin .
Example: Strolling from a hand crafted log cabin to the jet boat I had a fish-eating grin.