tartuffe

nombre propio

A noun referring to a hypocrite who pretends to religious piety, derived from the protagonist in a play by Molière.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa a un hipócrita que finge piedad o virtud religiosa, derivado del personaje principal de la obra de Molière.

1. Hypocrite C1 formal

   A person who pretends to have strong religious or moral beliefs, but behaves in a way that contradicts them; a sanctimonious fraud.

   • The politician was a complete Tartuffe, preaching family values while having an affair.
   • Don't be such a Tartuffe; you criticize others for lying but you do it yourself.
   • The novel's villain is a classic Tartuffe, using a mask of piety to swindle the wealthy.

   🇪🇸Tartufo, hipócrita

   Sinónimos: dissemblerfraudhumbughypocriteimpostorphariseepretenderwhited sepulcher

   Antónimos: honestsaintsincere

• tartuffes plural form
• tartuffes' possessive plural form
• tartuffe's possessive singular form