What does «desplante» mean in Spanish?
- Incorrect posture, especially used in dance and fencing.
- Sassy, brazen, arrogant, outrageous.
Examples of use in Spanish: "me hizo un desplante".
"Estimado David, me hablaste que el desplante de una chica de la pandilla te hizo daño y espero que la decisión de practicar artes marciales no sea una vía para olvidarla", El primer combate de David - Página 222, José Cuspinera Navarro - 2012
"Te tengo que pedir perdón por lo de la otra noche. Creo que no te merecías tal desplante".
- In bullfighting, arrogant and defiant pass of the bullfighter as a finishing touch to a series of passes or a muleta maneuver.
Examples of use in Spanish: "algunos matadores a veces abusan de los desplantes durante las clases de faena, como una atracción al público".
- In Spanish dance, a series of strong blows given with the foot against the floor without any refinement or soft nuance. In primitive dances it was called pateo, but it acquires the name of desplante in flamenco.
- In Agronomy, pulling of the seedlings from the beds or seedbed beds.
Examples of use in Spanish: "la encina se siembra en diciembre y en abril se hace un desplante con poda del tallo".
- In architecture, element of a building that starts from the foundation or where the column begins.
- In construction, compacted or uncompacted land surface on one or more levels on which a construction is built.
- In general, the act of removing what was already planted.