Translation for "facetious" to spanish

Facetious

adjective

• chistoso
• bromista

Translation examples

chistoso adjective

And I don't mean to be facetious at all, but something to be remembered is that there is a female up there circling Mother earth.
Y no pretendo ser chistosa en absoluto, pero algo a recordar es que hay una hembra ahí arriba orbitando la madre tierra.

Well, I would suggest, Mr. Vanocur, that, uh... if you knew the president, uh, that that was probably just a facetious remark.
Le sugiero, Sr. Vanocur, que si conoce al presidente pase por alto este comentario chistoso.

I didn't mean to be facetious.
No significa ser chistosa.

Are you being facetious?
¿Estás siendo chistoso?

Sperry, don't be facetious.
Sperry, no seas chistoso.

Don't be facetious, dear. Remember your position.
No seas chistoso, querido, recuerda tu posición.

Some of these books were, on the face of it, frivolous and facetious;
Algunos de estos libros eran, superficialmente, frívolos y chistosos;

He couldn’t be facetious with Mary Ann.
Con Mary Ann no podía ser chistoso.

“There’s no need to be facetious,” said Mr. Period.
—No hay necesidad de hacerse el chistoso —dijo el señor Period.

“The committee does not require you to be facetious,”
—El Comité no le ha pedido que sea usted chistoso —dijo severamente Pelops—.

‘Not the way we’re going.’ Eleanor had not meant to sound facetious.
–Por donde vamos a ir, no. Eleanor no pretendía parecer chistosa.

June stared as if Geraldine were being facetious.
June miró a la mujer como si ésta tratara de hacerse la chistosa.

Bathgate, I do believe you must be right.” “Facetious ass!”
—Míster Bathgate, creo que está usted en lo cierto. —¡Qué chistoso!

His attempt to sound facetious was not altogether convincing, and nobody smiled.
Su intento de parecer chistoso no resultó del todo convincente, y nadie se rió.

"Stop being facetious, even if you are in lust for the boy's mother.
– Deja de hacerte el chistoso aunque la madre del muchacho te inspire lujuria.

All you seem to think of is either to make love to me, or to be facetious.
Lo único que parece interesarte es hacer el amor conmigo o mostrarte chistoso.

bromista adjective

His remark facetious.
Su comentario bromista.

At the risk of being facetious, I would like to point out that Latin is a dead language.
Aun a riesgo de parecer un bromista... me gustaría señalar que el latín es una lengua muerta.

(laughs) Oh, you're being so deliciously facetious.
Usted es un bromista.

Well, I assume you're being facetious, since as you can clearly see, I'm now the manager of a Wendy's.
Supongo que estás siendo bromista, ya que como puedes ver claramente, ahora soy el gerente de un Wendy's.

Facetious, self-aware and spicy.
Bromista, autorreflexiva y aguda.

Oh, you were being facetious.
Oh, tú estabas siendo bromista.

- Don´t be so bloody facetious.
- No te hagas la bromista.

Facetious and self-aware.
Bromista y autorreflexiva.

Being facetious is not being a very good father.
En tal caso ser bromista no es ser buen padre.

The sailor was full of small talk, of a facetious nature, but Fred remained sullen and silent.
El marinero hablaba mucho de cosas intrascendentes, era de carácter bromista, pero Fred permaneció hosco y silencioso.

She had to play her full register – scornful, facetious, sexy, angry, helpless – before he gave in.
Ella tendría que interpretar todo el repertorio: burlona, bromista, sexy, enfadada, indefensa, hasta que él cediera.

He was a facetious scoundrel, entertaining for these stupid Occidentals a feeling of great scorn natural in a native from the central provinces.
Era un granuja bromista, nacido en las provincias centrales, y que por lo mismo tenía en poco a los habitantes de la provincia occidental.

Vigeon, on the other hand, though correctness personified in his professional capacity, was inclined to be facetious in private life.
Vigeon, en cambio, a pesar de ser la corrección en persona en el desempeño de su trabajo, tendía a bromista en la vida privada.

Bandages!” She eyed him facetiously. “Now, I wonder.” “ ’Course he can have them,” Dame Alice said.
¡Vendas! —Lo miró con expresión bromista—. Vamos, qué extraño. —Por supuesto que podemos conseguírselos —dijo Dama Alice—.

First the facetious phone call, very charming, requesting the appointment—private and personal, of course, no third parties, nothing on the file.
Primero la llamada telefónica, muy bromista, encantador, pidiendo una cita… privada y personal, claro, sin terceros, nada que conste en acta.

“My dear fellow,” said Alleyn quickly, “indeed I am not. Please forgive me if I am odiously facetious sometimes.
—Ni mucho menos, mi querido amigo —se apresuró a replicar Alleyn—. Le ruego que me perdone si a veces me muestro odiosamente bromista.

In the broad shadow of the prime minister he felt so secure that he was tempted to flirt with danger as a facetious way of exorcising his fear of catastrophe.
A la amplia sombra del Presidente del Gobierno se sentía tan seguro y arropado que creía poderse permitir coquetear con el peligro y conjurar, bromista, el horror de la catástrofe.