Translation for "mera vanidad" to english

Mera vanidad

• mere vanity

Translation examples

mere vanity

El alcohol es un producto valiosísimo... y no debe usarse para mera vanidad.
Alcohol's a precious Commodity these days, Not to be used For purposes Of mere vanity.

Aunque la belleza sin ingenio es mera vanidad.
Beauty without wit is merely vanity.

La conciencia de sí mismo es mera vanidad.
Consciousness of his own is mere vanity.

podría —¿acaso no era más que mera vanidad?, ¿ingenuidad?— impresionarle con su sinceridad y granjearse su confianza. Hacerse amiga suya.
she could—oh, was this mere vanity?—naïveté?—impress him with her sincerity, and win his trust. Make her his friend.

De momento, sin embargo, todo indicaba que era más probable que alcanzara sus propósitos si seguía con vida. El presidente confiaba en que su convicción no fuera mera vanidad.
At the moment, however, it appeared that his continued existence was more likely to secure such an arrangement: he hoped this belief was not mere vanity.

Hablar era mera vanidad y una vejación para el espíritu, pues el resorte de su volición parecía haberse roto y, dijese lo que dijese, sabía que todo dependía de influencias que ni siquiera podía prever.
Talk was mere vanity and vexation of spirit, for the spring of his volition seemed to be broken, and, whatever resolve he might utter, he knew that everything depended on influences he could not even foresee.