santulon

English translation: sanctimonious

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Spanish term or phrase:	santulón
English translation:	sanctimonious
Entered by:	Maria Eugenia Roca Rodriguez

22:57 Jan 10, 2003

Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary

Spanish term or phrase: santulon

NI guerrillero, ni santulón, apenas aprendiz de peón.

Es una canción, posiblemente santulón sea igual que santurrón.

Maria Eugenia Roca Rodriguez KudoZ activity Questions: 1158 (none open) (27 closed without grading) Answers: 40 Argentina
Local time: 20:46

santurrón=sanctimonious

Explanation:
Hola María,
Supones bien.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)

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Main Entry: sanc·ti·mo·nious
Function: adjective
1 : affecting piousness : hypocritically devout;
also : indicative of affected piousness

Merriam-Webster\'s Dict.

Selected response from:

Oso (X)

Grading comment

4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +4

santurrón=sanctimonious

Oso (X)

zealot

María del Carmen Cerda

saint

Andrea Wright

goody too-shoos

Jackie_A (X)

Answers

4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

santurrón=sanctimonious

Oso (X)
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 3064

4 mins confidence:

saint

Explanation:
this is a possibility!

Andrea Wright
Local time: 18:46
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 105

1 hr confidence:

goody too-shoos

Explanation:
Other synonyms for you to chose one that rhymes best: God-fearing, Holy Joe, Jesus freak, born again, clerical, devoted, devout, divine, ecclesiastical, godly, goody two-shoes, goody-goody, got religion, hallowed, holy, knee bender, orthodox, prayerful, priestlike, priestly, religious, reverent, righteous, sacred, saintly, sanctimonious, spiritual...

From the ref site:
"Her boyfriend likes to stalk her, he claims that she was a 'goody too-shoos' and declined the boobie implants..."

Saludos...

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Jackie_A (X)
United States
Local time: 16:46
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English
PRO pts in pair: 193

6 hrs confidence:

zealot

Explanation:
A person who is too eager in his beliefs

María del Carmen Cerda
Local time: 17:46
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 50

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