Translation for "man-of-letters" to spanish
Man-of-letters
noun
Translation examples
noun
Then he took up the character of a man of letters.
Entonces adoptó la calidad de literato.
The man of letters seated himself and carved angrily.
El literato se sentó y trinchó enfadado la carne.
How much better "a man of letters" than "a literary man"!
¡Suena mucho mejor «un hombre de letras» que «un literato»!
This proved to be one Mr Jasper Milvain, also a man of letters.
Resultó ser un tal Jasper Milvain, otro literato.
Who is Mrs Goby?' exclaimed the man of letters, irate at the disturbance.
¿Quién es la señora Goby? —exclamó el literato, airado por la molestia.
‘You are a politician, a man of letters, a philosopher. It’s in your nature to examine all the options.
—Eres un político, un literato, un filósofo, y lo propio de ti es estudiar diversas opciones.
A respected man of letters, he was mentioned by Horace in his Epistles (I, 4).
Fue literato de cierto mérito, citado por Horacio en Epístolas I, 4.
'Well, I ought rather to say that the average man of letters would be able to do that. As for Reardon—' He stopped.
—Bueno, yo diría que un literato normal habría podido hacerlo. En el caso de Reardon… Se interrumpió.
By the way, I was more than just a humorist, you know. I was a man of letters." "Ah, forgive me!" Lothar said.
Por cierto, yo era algo más que un humorista, ¿sabes? Yo era un literato. —¡Oh, perdona! —dijo Lothar—.
Two months later, we had the news of her engagement to that man of letters, the journalist whom she had met at Biarritz.
Supimos dos meses más tarde su matrimonio con un literato, un periodista a quien conoció en Biarritz.
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