Translation of presumption in Spanish:
- 1.1 uncountable (boldness) it was pure presumption on his partfue un atrevimiento or una osadía de su partethe presumption of the man!¡qué atrevimiento!
¡qué tupé! [colloquial]Example sentences1.2 countable or uncountable (assumption) the presumption is that one of them was a spy
se supone que uno de ellos era espíapresumption of innocence (Law)Example sentences
- I can't convince people there is a God and I really have no desire to, except in moments of arrogant presumption that somehow my knowledge is better than that of others.
- Which will probably teach me something about arrogance and presumption.
- It is one thing to seek to excuse Machiavelli's cynicism and cruelty on the grounds that he was a man of his time - a victim as well as an architect of Renaissance arrogance and presumption.
- In London a spokesman for the Lord Chancellor's office said family law cases in England and Wales were generally heard in camera, although there was no presumption that they had to be.
- My own personal presumption is innocence until proven guilty.
- The presumption that everyone in Brisbane follows the Broncos is nonsense… and the number of Bulldogs fans at Lang Park last Sunday surely confirm that.
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