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Translate primness from English to Spanish

Summary

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primness:
- mojigatería; pudibundez; gazmoñería
Wiktionary:
- prim → mojigato, santurrón, cartuchón
- prim → formal, afectado, artificial, dengoso, melindroso, gazmoño, mojigato

English

Detailed Translations for primness from English to Spanish

primness:

primness [the ~] noun

the primness
la mojigatería; la pudibundez; la gazmoñería
- mojigatería [la ~] noun
- pudibundez [la ~] noun
- gazmoñería [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for primness:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
gazmoñería	primness
mojigatería	primness
pudibundez	primness
-	Grundyism; priggishness; prudery; prudishness

Related Words for "primness":

prim

Synonyms for "primness":

prudishness; prudery; Grundyism; modesty; modestness
priggishness; propriety; properness; correctitude

Related Definitions for "primness":

exaggerated and arrogant properness¹
excessive or affected modesty¹

prim:

Translation Matrix for prim:

Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	prim out; prim up
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	dainty; mincing; niminy-piminy; twee
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	finical; prudish

Related Words for "prim":

primness, primmer, primmest, primly

Synonyms for "prim":

dainty; mincing; niminy-piminy; twee; refined
priggish; prissy; prudish; puritanical; square-toed; straitlaced; strait-laced; straightlaced; straight-laced; tight-laced; victorian; proper
change
compress; constrict; squeeze; compact; contract; press
prim up; prim out; dress; clothe; enclothe; garb; raiment; tog; garment; habilitate; fit out; apparel

Related Definitions for "prim":

affectedly dainty or refined¹
dress primly¹
contract one's lips¹
- She primmed her lips after every bite of food¹
assume a prim appearance¹
- They mince and prim¹

Wiktionary Translations for prim:

prim

adjective

prudish
- prim → mojigato; santurrón; cartuchón

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• prim	→ formal	↔ formell — förmlich, unter (gewissenhafter) Beachtung der Form, der (äußeren) Form nach
• prim	→ afectado	↔ affété — Qui est plein d’afféterie dans son air, dans ses manières, dans son langage.
• prim	→ artificial; afectado	↔ artificiel — Qui remplace la nature par l’art ou l’artifice.
• prim	→ dengoso; melindroso; gazmoño; mojigato	↔ bégueule — (familier, fr) Sottement pudibond, exagérément prude et qui se donne des airs de vertu.
• prim	→ afectado	↔ précieux — péjoratif\|nocat=1

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University