pretentiös

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See also: pretențios

Swedish

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /prɛtanˈɧøːs/
  • Rhymes: -øːs

Adjective

pretentiös (comparative pretentiösare, superlative pretentiösast)

  1. pretentious
    Synonym: (colloquial) pretto

Declension

Inflection of pretentiös
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular pretentiös pretentiösare pretentiösast
Neuter singular pretentiöst pretentiösare pretentiösast
Plural pretentiösa pretentiösare pretentiösast
Masculine plural3 pretentiöse pretentiösare pretentiösast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 pretentiöse pretentiösare pretentiösaste
All pretentiösa pretentiösare pretentiösaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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References

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