vanity

vanidad

Orgullo excesivo por el propio aspecto, las capacidades, los logros o las posesiones.

En inglés sencillo: Too much pride in your looks, abilities, achievements, or possessions.

• His vanity annoyed his friends.
• She bought the expensive watch out of vanity.
• The criticism wounded his vanity.

Sinónimos: conceit, self-admiration

Antónimos: modesty, humility

Expresiones frecuentes: personal vanity, hurt someone’s vanity, sheer vanity, wounded vanity

mueble de lavabo

Lavabo de baño con un armario debajo.

En inglés sencillo: A bathroom sink with a cupboard underneath it.

• We need a new bathroom vanity.
• The vanity has two cupboards underneath.
• They installed a double vanity beside the shower.

Sinónimos: vanity unit

Expresiones frecuentes: bathroom vanity, double vanity, vanity unit

vanidad, futilidad

Ausencia de valor real o de propósito en algo.

En inglés sencillo: The lack of any real value or purpose in something.

• He saw only vanity in the pursuit of wealth.
• The poem explores the vanity of human ambition.
• She reflected on the vanity of their endless arguments.

Sinónimos: futility, pointlessness

Expresiones frecuentes: vanity of something, worldly vanity