1 (pleasure, satisfaction) orgullo; (m) the sense of pride in a job well done pride shone in John's eyes
civic/national pridecivicnational orgullo cívico/nacional; (m) the old town hall, opened in 1896, was a source of civic pride why has the notion of civic pride has been dismissed from the English political vocabulary? he was instantly impressed by the civic pride of the spruce yet lively little town we should reinstill our young people with a sense of civic pride isn't the Deutschmark a symbol of national pride? the Cuban revolution was essentially about national pride, independence and social justice to [have] pride in sth a workforce that has pride in the things it does I guess I have some pride in the fact that we are the first to initiate a project like this it's a city that seems to have pride in itself as a symbol of culture to be a [source] of pride (to sb) her son's success is a great source of pride to her
it is a source of pride to us that ...source es para nosotros un motivo de orgullo el que ... my faith is a source of pride to me it's a source of pride to the people of East Anglia that their region produces more chickens than any other in Britain
to take (a) pride in sth/in doing sthtake he takes a pride in his appearance se preocupa mucho por su aspecto; she could take no pride in what she had done no podía enorgullecerse estar orgullosa de lo que había hecho;or we take pride in offering you the highest standards nos enorgullecemos estamos orgullosos de ofrecerle la mejor calidad;or
we take a great deal of pride in our craftsmanship the people who have spoken of their shock at losing their jobs can all take pride in having worked hard he spoke of them with pride he wore his uniform with pride they can look back on their endeavours with pride his mother looked at him with affection and pride the Sagittarian will continue to wear his college scarf with pride, even when university days are long since over to be [filled] with pride (at sth) he was filled with pride at his success one is filled with pride and admiration at the way they behaved he was positively [glowing] with pride to give sth pride of place the manifesto gives pride of place to job creation the wedding cake was given pride of place in the centre of the table
to have take pride of placeor ocupar el lugar de honor the photo takes pride of place on the mantlepiece la foto ocupa el lugar de honor en la repisa de la chimenea
the table was loaded down with all kinds of delicious dishes, but the roast turkey took pride of place he loved all the arts though literature had pride of place musical composition will take pride of place in the festivities gay: gay pride
2 (conceit) orgullo; (m) soberbia; (f) arrogancia; (f) his pride may still be his downfall he doesn't mean to belittle people - it's just his pride they were all puffed up with pride
pride comes goes before a fallor más dura será la caída
3 (self-respect) orgullo; (m) amor propio; (m) it was a severe blow to his pride he had too much pride to ask for help she has no pride pride alone prevented her from giving up Davis had to salvage his pride as a boxer he has too much pride to let himself get knocked out
false pridefalse presuntuosidad; (f) a genuinely unassuming man with no arrogance or false pride I would be more than glad to have no identity and have a solvent city than to try to have false pride and call ourselves Chelsea by the Sea and have no police, fire or teachers in my city
I wouldn't ask him any favours, I have my pridehave no le pediría ningún favor, tengo mi orgullo amor propio;or even the poor have their pride she had her pride, hated to confess ignorance God alone knows I'm just a junky, but a man still has his pride
to hurt wound sb's pridehurtorwound herir a algn en su amor propio his pride was hurt he attempted to soothe her wounded pride I was in love with that damn Russian - she hurt me a lot, hurt my pride; I didn't enjoy being cuckolded a defeat that wounded England's pride it restored her [sense] of pride
4 (source of pride) orgullo; (m) he's the pride of the family es el orgullo de la familia
he reached in and lifted out the glittering dress - the pride of his collection these men were the pride of the 17th Lancers
his roses are his pride and joyjoy sus rosas son su orgullo the bike soon became his pride and joy
5 [of lions] manada; (f) on occasion, members of a pride will hunt as a team
