Translation for "darse aires" to english

Darse aires

verb

• put on airs
• talk down
• give oneself airs
• queen it

Translation examples

put on airs verb

Esto es algo peor que darse aires.
This is something worse than putting on airs.

Hubieran creído que intentaba darse aires.
They would have thought she was putting on airs.

Se habían creído superiores, tanto darse aires, y eran igual que todos, ¿verdad?
There they had thought they were superior, putting on airs, and they were just the same – weren’t they?

Lo llamaba Philip, cosa que Jolene veía como una manera de darse aires.
She called him Phillip, which Jolene thought was putting on airs.

¡Qué condenada manía tenían estas mujeres de darse aires e impedirle a uno que pasase un buen rato!
What rot it was, the way these women put on airs and prevented you from having a good time!

—Quítate el gorro en presencia de lady Savine —dijo Lisbit, que ya empezaba a darse aires al considerarse ascendida.
“Take your cap off in front of Lady Savine,” said Lisbit, already putting on airs now she felt she had a promotion.

No quería darse aires, pero tampoco engañaba a nadie, y no iba a martirizarse llevando una vida «modesta»: sería el colmo de la afectación.
She didn’t want to put on airs, but she wasn’t fooling anybody, and she wasn’t going to martyr herself by staying “humble”—that would be the worst affectation of all.

¿Y quién lo pregunta? —Eso es lo de menos. —El funcionario levantó la cabeza y frunció los labios, intentando darse aires de grandeza—. Lo importante es la demanda judicial. De la que por la presente os hago entrega.
“Who wants to know?” “That is inconsequential,” said the clerk, putting on airs and pouting, trying hard to make himself look important. “What’s consequential is the summons. Which I hereby give you.