English-Spanish translations for pontificate

• pontificado
• pontificar
  Hay que decir que es típico de su presunción que la UE quiera ahora pontificar sobre el futuro de Iraq. It must be said that it is typical of its grandstanding that the EU now wants to pontificate on the future of Iraq.
  La Unión Europea es un portento económico, pero no estamos en condiciones de pontificar cuando toca hablar del tratamiento de los refugiados. The European Union is an economic powerhouse but we are not in a position to pontificate when it comes to our treatment of refugees.
  Tenemos el deber de no limitarnos a pontificar, sino fomentar activamente el acceso a la educación, la formación, el empleo y las oportunidades. We have a duty not just to pontificate about rights, but to actively encourage access to education, training, employment and opportunity.
• sentar cátedra

Definition of pontificate

• The status or term of office of a pontiff or pontifex
• To preside as a bishop, especially at mass
• To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length

Related words

• pontifically
• pontifical
• pontificated
• pontificable
• Pontifical Mass