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Spanish: glorioso en el sentido menos celestial

English translation: more vainglorious than glorious







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Spanish term or phrase:glorioso en el sentido menos celestial
English translation:more vainglorious than glorious
Entered by:Myriam S
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Art/Literary - Folklore / an idiomatic expression
Spanish term or phrase: glorioso en el sentido menos celestial
Here's the sentence:
El tercer momento de su intervención es glorioso en el sentido menos celestial del término.

De antemano, mil gracias.
Myriam S
United States
more vainglorious than glorious
Explanation:
según la 4a definición del Diccionario de la RAE, que se alaba demasiado o se jacta excesivamente
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MDI-IDM
Spain
Note from asker to answerer
I find it hard to find good matches for idioms. Thank you all for your suggestions.
I am very grateful for your help.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +5glorious in the least celestial sense of the term.
Adriana de Groote
5 +1more vainglorious than gloriousMDI-IDM
4glorious but in the less heavenlike sencejuano19


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
glorious but in the less heavenlike sence

Explanation:
glorious but in the less heavenlike sence

juano19
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
glorious in the least celestial sense of the term.

Explanation:
Una posibilidad.

Adriana de Groote
Guatemala
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree Daniel Burns
48 mins

agree Muriel Vasconcellos: In the *less* celestial sense of the word
1 hr

agree Paula Hernández Sambeat
2 hrs

agree Dr. Andrew Frankland
4 hrs

agree IC --
4 days
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
more vainglorious than glorious

Explanation:
según la 4a definición del Diccionario de la RAE, que se alaba demasiado o se jacta excesivamente

MDI-IDM
Spain
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note from asker to answerer
I find it hard to find good matches for idioms. Thank you all for your suggestions.
I am very grateful for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree IC --
3 days22 hrs
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