stuffy

stuffy
adjective
1) ((of a room etc) too warm, and lacking fresh air: Why do you sit in this stuffy room all day?) cargado, mal ventilado
2) (formal and dull: Must we visit those stuffy people?) estirado; remilgado
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- stuffiness
stuffy adj cargado
the air's very stuffy in here el ambiente está muy cargado
El comparativo de stuffy se escribe stuffier; el superlativo se escribe stuffiest
stuffy
tr['stʌfɪ]
adjective (comp stuffier, superl stuffiest)
1 (room) mal ventilado,-a; (atmosphere) cargado,-a
2 (person) estirado,-a, remilgado,-a; (institution) tradicional; (ideas, manners) formal, serio,-a, convencional
stuffy ['stʌfi] adj, stuffier ; -est
1) close: viciado, cargado
a stuffy room: una sala mal ventilada
stuffy weather: tiempo bochornoso
2) : tapado (dícese de la nariz)
3) stodgy: pesado, aburrido
stuffy
adj.
• aburrido, -a adj.
• mal ventilado adj.
• relamido, -a adj.
• sofocante adj.
'stʌfi
adjective -fier, -fiest
1)
a) <air> viciado

it's stuffy in here — aquí falta el aire

b) <nose> tapado
2) (staid) (colloq) <person> acartonado, estirado (fam); <club/organization> convencional
['stʌfɪ]
ADJ (compar stuffier) (superl stuffiest)
1) [room] mal ventilado; [atmosphere] cargado, sofocante

it's stuffy in here — aquí huele a cerrado, el ambiente está un poco cargado aquí

2) [person] (=narrow-minded) remilgado, de miras estrechas; (=prudish) remilgado; (=stiff, starchy) tieso; (=dull, boring) pesado, poco interesante
3) (=congested) [nose] taponado, atascado

I've got a stuffy nose — tengo la nariz taponada or atascada

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['stʌfi]
adjective -fier, -fiest
1)
a) <air> viciado

it's stuffy in here — aquí falta el aire

b) <nose> tapado
2) (staid) (colloq) <person> acartonado, estirado (fam); <club/organization> convencional

English-spanish dictionary. 2013.

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