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adjectiveAttributive form: arrogante; predicative form: arrogant
Having or showing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance, abilities, or superiority; haughty or conceited.
arrogánt
Etymology
Borrowed via Dutch from French arrogant, ultimately from Latin arrogans, present participle of arrogare, meaning “to claim for oneself.”
Examples
Hy is arrogant oor sy sukses.
Hý is arrogánt oor sy súkses.
He is arrogant about his success.
Moenie so arrogant wees nie.
Moenie so arrogánt wees nie.
Don’t be so arrogant.
Sy klink arrogant wanneer sy met ander praat.
Sý klink arrogánt wanneer sy met ánder práat.
She sounds arrogant when she speaks to others.
Collocations
arrogante houding
arrogante gedrag
arrogant optree
arrogant voorkom
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