poltrona
Esperanto
Adjective
poltrona (accusative singular poltronan, plural poltronaj, accusative plural poltronajn)
- (literary, rare) cowardly
- 1965, Kálmán Kalocsay (translator), La tragedio de l'homo, Imre Madách:
- Mi ne kondamnas tiun ĉi poltronan
popolon, ĝi ne estas kulpa, ĝia
naturo estas, ke ĝin la mizero
brulstampu sklavo.- I don't condemn this cowardly
people, they are not to blame, their
nature is to be branded
a slave by misery.
- I don't condemn this cowardly
- 1999, William Auld, interviewed by Aleksander Korĵenkov in La Ondo de Esperanto:
- Cetere, pseŭdonimeco en certaj cirkonstancoj estas tolerebla (ekzemple ĉe Zamenhof) — sed kiam aŭtoro kaŝas sin pseŭdonime por sin savi de pravaj riproĉoj kaj eventualaj reagoj, tio estas anonimeco kovarda kaj poltrona.
- Additionally, pseudonymity in certain circumstances is tolerable (for example in Zamenhof's case) — but when an author hides behind a pseudonym to save themselves from just reproaches and potential reactions, that sort of anonymity is low and cowardly.
- 2010, Baldur Ragnarsson, "La grimpo", La fontoj nevideblaj:
- "Jes, tie la vojo," diris la gvidisto[...]
"por ĝin laŭiri nepras la persisto
kaj ne hazardaj paŝoj de poltrona drivo."- "Yes, there's the road," said the guide[...]
"to follow it requires persistence
and not random steps of a cowardly drift.
- "Yes, there's the road," said the guide[...]
- 1965, Kálmán Kalocsay (translator), La tragedio de l'homo, Imre Madách:
Ido
Synonyms
Derived terms
- poltrono (“coward, poltroon, skulker”)
- poltroneso (“cowardice”)
- poltronajo (“cowardly action”)
See also
- feblanma
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /polˈtro.na/
Noun
poltrona f (plural poltrone)
Noun
poltrona f (plural poltrone)
- (furniture) armchair, easy chair
- (theater) seat
- (prestigious position) position
References
- poltrona in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Spanish
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