Translation of Italian word "la compiacenza" to English
la compiacenza
/la kompjaˈtʃɛntsa/
Meaning
NounA disposition to please or comply; self-satisfaction; or tacit complicity.
How to use
The Italian noun 'compiacenza' (feminine) denotes 'complacency, connivance, obligingness' (A disposition to please or comply; self-satisfaction; or tacit complicity). It typically takes the definite article 'la'. In practice, willingness to please others, self-satisfaction, or undue complicity in questionable acts.
🇬🇧 English
complacency, connivance, obligingness
Example
I contrabbandieri operavano indisturbati grazie alla compiacenza di alcuni funzionari doganali corrotti.
Smugglers operated undisturbed thanks to the connivance of several corrupt customs officials.
Guardava i risultati del proprio lavoro con una malcelata compiacenza narcisistica.
He looked at the fruits of his work with barely concealed narcissistic self-satisfaction.
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- I contrabbandieri operavano indisturbati grazie alla compiacenza di alcuni funzionari doganali corrotti.— Smugglers operated undisturbed thanks to the connivance of several corrupt customs officials.
- Guardava i risultati del proprio lavoro con una malcelata compiacenza narcisistica.— He looked at the fruits of his work with barely concealed narcissistic self-satisfaction.
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The Italian word "la compiacenza" means "complacency, connivance, obligingness" in English.
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