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Learn the meaning, pronunciation and usage of the word vain in English and Spanish. Find synonyms, collocations, compound forms and examples of vain in different contexts.
C1. unsuccessfully. en vano. I tried in vain to start a conversation. All the police's efforts to find him were in vain. SELFISH. C2. too interested in your own appearance or achievements. vanidoso, presumido. He was very vain about his hair and his clothes. Presumía mucho de su cabello y su ropa.
Vain can mean unsuccessful, of no value, or too proud of yourself. Learn how to use it in different contexts with synonyms, antonyms, and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.
unsuccessful; of no value: The doctors gave him more powerful drugs in the vain hope that he might recover. formal It was vain to pretend to himself that he was not disappointed. Diccionario de sinónimos, antónimos y ejemplos. not producing a desired result. unsuccessful Our attempts to change the law were unsuccessful.
Aprende el significado y la traducción de \"vain\" en español con ejemplos, sinónimos y pronunciación. \"Vain\" puede ser un adjetivo que significa vanidoso, vano, inútil o presumido, o una expresión que significa en vano o en balde.
[(British) veɪn , (US) veɪn ] adjetivo. 1. (= useless) vano ⧫ inútil. in vain [try, struggle] en vano ⧫ inútilmente ; [search] sin éxito ⧫ en vano. all our efforts were in vain todos nuestros esfuerzos fueron en vano or resultaron inútiles. I stayed, in the vain hope that ... me quedé con la vana esperanza de que ...
1. adjetivo [ADJECTIVE noun] A vain attempt or action is one that fails to achieve what was intended . The drafting committee worked through the night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule. I was singing in a vain effort to cheer him up. Sinónimos: futile, useless, pointless, unsuccessful Más sinónimos de vain. vainly adverbio [ADVERB with verb]
