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Meaning of poltrona | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
polˈtrona

Definitions

  1. cowardly
    literary, rare
  2. Equivalent to 'cowardly': Showing cowardice; lacking in courage; weakly fearful.

Equivalents

Български страхли́вец
Bosanski кукавица
Čeština zbabělec zbabělý
English cowardly Craven
Esperanto malkuraĝa
Español cobarde
Français couard Craven Lâche
Gaeilge meata
Gàidhlig gealtaire
Hrvatski кукавица
Íslenska bleyða heigull raggeit
Kurdî meş
Nederlands lafhartig
Português covarde
Русский малодушный
Српски кукавица
Svenska feg mes mesig
Türkçe korkak
Українська малоду́шний

Examples

“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.

“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.”
“"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.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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