apasionado de la cultura
/apasjonado de la kultuɾa/from spelling rules
The English phrase 'culture vulture' can be translated into Spanish as apasionado de la cultura.
This term describes a person who has a rapacious, sometimes inauthentic, interest in the arts.
Meaning: person with a rapacious, sometimes inauthentic, interest in the arts (noun)
Did you know?
- While 'culture vulture' sounds predatory in English, the Spanish apasionado de la cultura is purely positive and carries no connotation of being 'rapacious' or inauthentic.
- The word apasionado is derived from 'pasión', which in a religious context refers to the suffering of Christ, though in this phrase it simply means intense enthusiasm.
- The word cultura shares its roots with the English word 'culture', both descending from the Latin 'cultūra', which refers to the act of 'tilling' or 'cultivating' land.
Examples in context
- Pedro es un devorador de cultura, siempre está yendo a conciertos y exposiciones.Pedro is a culture devourer, he is always attending concerts and exhibitions.
- Ese hombre es un apasionado de la cultura muy superficial.That man is a very superficial culture vulture.
Example conversation
Sofía and Mateo are at an art gallery.
- SofíaMira a ese hombre, es un apasionado de la cultura.Look at that man, he's a culture vulture.
- MateoSolo quiere impresionar a la gente aquí.He just wants to impress people here.
- SofíaExacto, no sabe nada de pintura.Exactly, he knows nothing about painting.
- MateoEs el típico apasionado de la cultura moderno.He's the typical modern culture vulture.
Sources
- IPA marked “from spelling rules” is derived from standard Spanish spelling, where Wiktionary gives none.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries apasionado, cultura, de, la, CC BY-SA 4.0.
