SELF-CENTRED

Good morning / afternoon / evening everyone, depending on when you are reading this lesson. Welcome back to the Daily Vitamin.

Today's word is: self-centred

It means: to only be interested in your own needs or desires.

The translation for self-centred is egocéntrico. This word exists in English as egocentric, although that word is more technical, from the field of psychology. However, we often hear the Spanish word egoista translated directly into English as egoist, a word which is not very common in English. Self-centred is a better translation for egoista.

Example 1: They say that an only child (a child with no brothers or sisters) tends to be self-centred because they get all their parents' attention and grandparents' attention. This hasn't been scientifically proven, however.

Example 2: I don't like going out to dinner with Elisa very much. She's so self-centred that she always ends up dominating the conversation, which is invariably about her!

I hope you will take this opportunity to get some writing practice by writing your own sentence (or two) with today's personality trait. You can post your writing to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about your sentences as soon as we can.

Have an excellent day and all the best!