egoism
Definition: (noun) excessive concern with oneself; conceit.
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 pe·lo m. - (cabello) hair
- (de la barba) whisker
- (de cepillo) bristle
- zoology (piel) fur, coat
- botany, ornithology down
- (filamento) strand, fiber
- arms, armaments hair trigger
- technical hairspring
- (del tejido) nap, pile
- (de la madera) grain
- (seda) raw silk
- jewelry cloud, flaw
- figurative (nadería) trifle, nothing
Idioms: agarrarse or asirse de un pelo figurative to grasp at straws al pelo- with the grain or nap
- figurative (a punto) just right, perfectly
- (a tiempo) right on time
a medios pelos tipsy, tight a pelo- with the grain or nap
- (sin aparejo) bareback
- (sin sombrero) hatless
- figurative (a punto) just right, perfectly
- (a tiempo) right on time
contra pelo- against the grain or nap
- figurative (inoportunamente) inopportunely
cortar un pelo en el aire figurative to be sharp as a tack estar hasta los pelos to be fed up hombre de pelo en pecho forceful man no tener pelo de tonto figurative, colloquial to be nobody's fool no tener pelos en la lengua figurative, colloquial to be outspoken, not to mince words no verle el pelo a alguien to see neither hide nor hair of someone pelo arriba against the grain or nap pelo de camello camel hair pelo de Judas- (cabello) red hair
- (persona) redhead
pelos y señales figurative chapter and verse ponérsele a uno los pelos de punta figurative, colloquial to make one's hair stand on end por los pelos or por un pelo figurative by the skin of one's teeth tomar a alguien el pelo figurative to pull someone's leg, tease traído por los pelos far-fetched venir al pelo- (ser perfecto) to be just right
- (ser oportuno) to come in handy, come just in time
| Inflected Forms: | pelos - masc
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