Pretexto in english
Pretext
pronunciation: pritekst part of speech: noun
pronunciation: pritekst part of speech: noun
In gestures
pretexto = pretence [pretense, -USA] ; pretext ; false pretence ; cop-out.
Example: Automated cataloging support systems, with any pretense to sophistication, did not begin to appear until the inception of the LC/MARC II (Library of Congress/Machine-Readable Cataloging) project in late 1967.Example: The article is entitled 'Online research: an efficient pretext to educate engineers to inform themselves'.Example: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.Example: Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence.more:
» con el pretexto de = under the guise of ; under the flag of ; in the guise of ; on the pretext of [También escrito under the pretext of] ; with the excuse of .
Example: Although the application of policies requires an exercise of judgment, violation of the policy under the guise of 'flexibility' should be avoided. Example: When the news media in the United States serve as a megaphone for government policy, they do so under the flag of responsible journalism; when foreign media do the same, however, it is called 'propaganda'. Example: Further, these indexers are probably so familiar with their subject area that, they whether in the guise of indexer or searcher, will profit little from any additional guides to relationships. Example: We are firmly opposed to the superpowers subjecting other countries to their control and plunder on the pretext of improving the human environment. Example: When he left the band, he did so with the excuse of leaving to spend time with his family and tend his garden.» falso pretexto = false pretence .
Example: That is what he does now, only now there is a lot of palaver and humbug and pretense of deliberation, which the bill proposes to continue, but which everybody can see would be a false pretense.» pretexto muy pobre = lame excuse .
Example: This one is one of the lame excuses almost always used when an individual is not coping, out their depth and in over their head.» pretexto poco convincente = lame excuse .
Example: This one is one of the lame excuses almost always used when an individual is not coping, out their depth and in over their head.