Egoísta in english
Selfish
pronunciation: selfɪʃ part of speech: adjective
pronunciation: selfɪʃ part of speech: adjective
In gestures
egoísta = selfish ; egoistic ; egotistical ; egoist ; self-serving ; self-focusing ; self-focused ; egotistic ; egotist.
Example: Like little children they're selfish, demanding, and dependent.Example: Idealistic theoretical slogans abound but an egoistic, suspicious and lax attitude on the part of decision makers towards resource sharing has not been overcome.Example: Some critics have portrayed Christopher Columbus as egotistical, inept, brutal, and even sadistic.Example: Hypocrites are generally regarded as morally-corrupt, cynical egoists who consciously and deliberately deceive others in order to further their own interests.Example: At the same time he warns against self-serving marketing.Example: We can all do the same for each other provided we have discovered how to talk in a way that gets beyond the self-focusing use of literature.Example: In either case we are making use of the book for our own ends: our reading has become self-focused.Example: The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous.Example: One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.more:
» de modo egoísta = selfishly .
Example: But we are not then acting quite so much out of blindness or inarticulateness; we are selfishly or fearfully or wilfully trying to short-circuit what we know underneath to be more nearly the true state of things.