familiarity

familiarity
-li'æ-
- plural familiarities - noun
1) (the state of being familiar: I was surprised by her familiarity with our way of life.) familiaridad
2) (an act of (too) friendly behaviour: You must not allow such familiarities.) familiaridad
familiarity
tr[fəmɪlɪ'ærɪtɪ]
noun
1 familiaridad nombre femenino
2 (knowledge) conocimiento (with, de)
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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL
familiarity breeds contempt la confianza da asco
familiarity [fə.mɪli'ærət̬i, -.mɪl'jær-] n, pl -ties
1) knowledge: conocimiento m , familiaridad f
2) informality , intimacy: confianza f , familiaridad f
3) forwardness: exceso m de confianza, descaro m
familiarity
n.
• familiaridad s.f.
• intimidad s.f.
• libertad s.m.
fə'mɪli'ærəti
noun (pl -ties)
1)
a) (knowledge)

familiarity WITH something: she claimed extensive familiarity with the method dijo estar muy familiarizada con el método; some familiarity with computers would be an asset — se valorará la experiencia previa con computadoras

b) (of person, book, landscape) familiaridad f

familiarity breeds contempt — lo que se tiene no se aprecia

2) (overintimacy) exceso m de confianza
[fǝˌmɪlɪ'ærɪtɪ]
N
1) [of sight, event etc] familiaridad f
2) (=knowledge, acquaintance) conocimiento m (with de)
3) (=intimacy) [of tone etc] familiaridad f , confianza f ; pej frescura f , exceso m de familiaridad
4) familiarities familiaridades fpl , confianzas fpl
* * *
[fə'mɪli'ærəti]
noun (pl -ties)
1)
a) (knowledge)

familiarity WITH something: she claimed extensive familiarity with the method dijo estar muy familiarizada con el método; some familiarity with computers would be an asset — se valorará la experiencia previa con computadoras

b) (of person, book, landscape) familiaridad f

familiarity breeds contempt — lo que se tiene no se aprecia

2) (overintimacy) exceso m de confianza

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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