Profano in english
Profane
pronunciation: proʊfeɪn part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: proʊfeɪn part of speech: adjective
In gestures
profanar = desecrate ; defile ; profane.
Example: These are persons who go around under cover of night desecrating graves and also seizing unsuspecting colored people for the purpose of dissection.Example: No person shall throw any waste, building debris or vehicle scrap into the public domain or defile the public domain.Example: Less than a year later he profaned a temple and got turned into a vampire.more:
» profanar una tumba = rob + a grave .
Example: A newlywed couple spent their honeymoon behind bars for allegedly robbing graves.profano = layman [laymen, -pl.] ; outsider ; lay ; lay person [layperson] ; unholy ; pedestrian ; layperson ; profane.
Example: Mechanization may yet force the issue, especially in the scientific field; whereupon scientific jargon would become still less intelligible to the layman.Example: If we look at a totally different sort of book, romantic fiction, we find here a form of novel which, to the outsider who has never read one of them, may seem to be endlessly repetitious.Example: Most public libraries in western countries are under local control and the smaller the local government unit, the more all embracing is the lay, and therefore uninformed, control.Example: This is an evaluative tool which brings lay people together with experts, under pressure of limited time, for study of specific problems.Example: The unholy and more holy sources of community information are mentioned from pimps and prostitutes to the preacher and the policeman.Example: The article 'Modems: an overview for the pedestrian' offers help in selecting a modem for a personal computer.Example: Vows of chastity can also be taken by laypersons as a voluntary act of devotion.Example: People gave her hell after seeing the video, saying it was raunchy, profane, and just all-around inappropriate.more:
» profano en la materia = non-scholar .
Example: In the sometimes frenetic push towards international cooperation among research libraries, the library needs of the nonscholar are easily overlooked.» representación de personas profanas en la materia = lay representation .
Example: This article proposes a model for effective lay representation on network governing boards.