pontificate

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To preside as a bishop, especially at mass.
2. (intransitive) To act like a pontiff; to express one's position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct.
3. (intransitive) To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length.

Conceptos

pontificado

papado

pontificar

Sinónimos

sermonize

play the oracle

moralise

moralize

orate

papacy

preach

popedom

sermonise

perorate

bishopric

harangue

lay down the law

lecture

prelacy

diocese

Traducciones

pontificat

pontifier

pontificare

pontificato

Pontifikat

pontificaat

orakelen

pontificar

comandare

pontificat

papato

حبري

البابوِيّة

pontificar

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/pɒnˈtɪf.ɪ.kət/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Latin pontificatus, from pontifex (“high priest”), from pons (“bridge”) + facere (“make”).