pérorer

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to pontificate, to hold forth pompously
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Falar longamente com ar de importância.

Exemplos

  • Le candidat pérore pendant une heure sans répondre aux questions.
    The candidate holds forth pompously for an hour without answering questions.
  • Cesse de pérorer et explique simplement ce que tu proposes.
    Stop holding forth and simply explain what you propose.
  • Il aimait pérorer devant ses collègues sur des sujets qu'il connaissait mal.
    He liked to pontificate before his colleagues on subjects he knew poorly.
  • Elle l'a interrompu alors qu'il pérorait sur la morale.
    She interrupted him while he was pontificating about morality.
  • Les invités ont dû écouter un expert pérorer tout le dîner.
    The guests had to listen to an expert pontificate throughout dinner.

Palavras semelhantes

pontifier
discourir
palabrer
plastronner

Significados

Discursar pretensiosamente

verb
speech
formal
Fazer um discurso longo e pretensioso como se as próprias opiniões merecessem atenção especial.

Exemplos

  • Le candidat pérore pendant une heure sans répondre aux questions.
    The candidate holds forth pompously for an hour without answering questions.
  • Il aimait pérorer devant ses collègues sur des sujets qu'il connaissait mal.
    He liked to pontificate before his colleagues on subjects he knew poorly.
  • Elle l'a interrompu alors qu'il pérorait sur la morale.
    She interrupted him while he was pontificating about morality.
  • Cesse de pérorer et explique simplement ce que tu proposes.
    Stop holding forth and simply explain what you propose.
  • Les invités ont dû écouter un expert pérorer tout le dîner.
    The guests had to listen to an expert pontificate throughout dinner.

Palavras semelhantes

Etimologia

Do latim perorare, «levar um discurso até ao fim», de per- e orare, «falar»; o francês deu-lhe um tom de censura.

FAQ

O que significa pérorer?

Falar longamente de modo pomposo.

É normalmente elogioso?

Não, censura a maneira de falar.

Exige objeto direto?

Não, é intransitivo.

Qual é a forma com il no presente?

Il pérore.

Qual é o particípio?

Péroré.

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