English
Pronunciation
Verb
give oneself airs (third-person singular simple present gives oneself airs, present participle giving oneself airs, simple past gave oneself airs, past participle given oneself airs)
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To act pretentiously, or in a snobbish manner; to swagger.
Synonyms
Translations
to act pretentiously
- Finnish: hienostella (fi), herrastella
- French: se donner des airs (fr), se donner un genre
- Italian: darsi delle arie, darsi un tono, darsi un contegno
- Māori: whakatamatama
- Polish: pysznić się impf, zadzierać nosa (pl) impf, zadrzeć nosa pf, gwiazdorzyć (pl) impf, aktorzyć (pl) impf
- Romanian: a-și da aere
- Russian: важничать (ru) (važničatʹ), зазнаваться (ru) (zaznavatʹsja)
- Silesian: asić sie impf, pysznić sie impf
- Spanish: darse ínfulas, darse tono
- Turkish: hava atmak (tr) (literally)
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