protzig

umg.

I Adj. Geste: ostentatious; Sache: auch showy, swanky; Wagen: flash(y); eine protzige Villa mit einem protzigen Pool an ostentatious mansion with an ornate pool

II Adv. ostentatiously; auch he made a (big) show of putting down a thousand-mark note on the table

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flashy; gaudy; showy; meretricious; ostentatious; swanky

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prọt|zig ['prɔtsɪç] (inf)

1. adj

swanky (inf), showy (inf)

2. adv

extravagantly; wohnen ostentatiously

protzig auftreten — to show off

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1) (big, bright etc but cheap and of poor quality: flashy clothes.) flashy

2) flashily

3) ostentatiously

4) (behaving, done etc in such a way as to be seen by other people and to impress them: Their style of living is very ostentatious.) ostentatious

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prot·zig

[ˈprɔtsɪç]

adj (fam) swanky fam, showy fam, posey fam

ein \protziges Auto a fancy car

sich akk \protzig mit Schmuck behängen to drip with fancy jewellery pej fam

etw \protzig zur Schau tragen to flaunt sth

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1.

(ugs. abwertend) Adjektiv swanky (coll.); showy

2.

adverbial swankily (coll.)

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protzig umg

A. adj Geste: ostentatious; Sache: auch showy, swanky; Wagen: flash(y);

eine protzige Villa mit einem protzigen Pool an ostentatious mansion with an ornate pool

B. adv ostentatiously; auch he made a (big) show of putting down a thousand-mark note on the table

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1.

(ugs. abwertend) Adjektiv swanky (coll.); showy

2.

adverbial swankily (coll.)

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adj.

snobbish adj.

swank adj. adv.

swankily adv.