Mar 1, 2017 19:12
7 yrs ago
Spanish term

Ser un fiestas

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Referring to a person who pretends to be a know-it-all, a kind of smart-aleck and behaves in an opinionated and stubborn way, but, actually, he has no idea about anything of that field at all.

Key Word In Context: "¡Dice que le encanta tocar el órgano y no ha tocado uno en su puta vida! ¡José Luis es un fiestas!"

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13 hrs
Selected

(being) a blowhard

Sounds like synonym of the Spanish "fantasma" (DRAE5. m. Persona envanecida y presuntuosa. )


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Be full of hot air, talk a load of bull

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