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prima donna

 
 
/ˌpriːməˈdɒnə/ noun [C]

Translation

someone who behaves badly and expects to get everything they want because they think that they are very important
baş kadın oyuncu
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(Definition of prima donna noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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