Translation for "obsequiousness" to spanish
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noun
If you continue to be this correct blend of slavish deference and obsequiousness to God, i.e. me, who knows, someday you could be our quiz team fourth.
Randy, si sigues con esa mezcla de deferencia servil y obsequiosidad a Dios, como yo, quizá un día seas nuestro cuarto miembro.
Galileo did not like the obsequiousness of dogs either.
Tampoco le gustaba la obsequiosidad de los perros.
Then he launched into a monologue of obsequious friendliness.
A continuación, se lanzó a un monólogo de sumisa obsequiosidad.
I felt his obsequiousness was a deliberate ploy to undermine me.
Me pareció que su obsequiosidad era una estratagema para desmoralizarme.
and known for their obsequiousness and easy humour rather than for military qualities;
y se distinguían por su obsequiosidad y su buen humor más que por sus cualidades militares;
Matthew’s tone was perfectly poised between obsequiousness and irritation.
El tono de Matthew guardaba un equilibrio perfecto entre la obsequiosidad y la irritación.
His obsequiousness maddened me. I was relieved to see him fall back into the ranks.
Su obsequiosidad me exaspera y no me relajo hasta que regresa a su fila.
he'd already achieved that mixture of obsequiousness and superiority that marked his profession.
ya había adquirido esa mezcla de obsequiosidad y superioridad que distinguía a los de su profesión.
In the dining room, the headwaiter almost collapsed in a fit of obsequiousness.
En el comedor, el maître parecía estar a punto de sufrir un ataque, deshaciéndose en obsequiosidad.
noun
An obsequious seaman can sink the ship with servility.
Un marinero obsequioso hundiría un buque por servilismo.
There's an air of obsequiousness in here that is positively cloying.
Hay un aire de servilismo aquí que me es empalagoso.
You shall mark many a duteous and knee-crooking knave who doting on his own obsequious bondage wears out his time, much like his master's ass, for naught but provender; and when, he's old, cashiered.
Ahí tienes al criado humilde y reverente, ... prendado de su propio servilismo, que, ... como el burro de la casa, sólo vive para el pienso, ... y de viejo, lo licencian.
His obsequiousness had vanished. “I’ll handle this.”
Su servilismo se había desvanecido. —Yo me encargo de eso.
His usual hostility had been replaced with a slimy obsequiousness.
su acostumbrada hostilidad había sido reemplazada por un obsequioso servilismo—.
How could you possibly have learned the difference between respect and obsequiousness?
¿Cómo ibas a aprender la diferencia entre respeto y servilismo?
All this was said with apparent sincerity and the greatest politeness, but there was nothing obsequious in his manner.
Todo esto fue dicho con aparente sinceridad y absoluta educación, pero no había ni un ápice de servilismo en su actitud.
Harrison's obsequiousness amused Richard, as did Harrison's reverence for his writing;
El servilismo de Harrison le resultaba gracioso, así como la veneración que demostraba por su actividad de escritor.
During them, Gideon soon realised that he was a player in a work of numbing obsequiousness.
En el transcurso de los mismos, Gideon no tardó en darse cuenta de que actuaba en una obra de un servilismo abrumador.
Collins, who has not known, even to-day, men with that combination of obsequiousness and pomposity?
Collins ¿quién no ha conocido, aún hoy en día, a hombres con esa combinación de servilismo y ostentación?
I gave him his orders and he drove me, maintaining as he always had his faceless obsequiousness.
Yo le daba mis órdenes y él conducía, manteniendo el mismo servilismo impersonal de siempre.
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