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1 decent
decent [ˈdi:sənt]a. ( = respectable) honnête ; [house, shoes] convenable ; ( = seemly) [language, behaviour, dress] décent• are you decent? (inf) ( = dressed) es-tu présentable ?* * *['diːsnt]1) ( respectable) [family, man, woman] comme il faut, bien invto do the decent thing — faire la chose qu'il faut/fallait
2) ( pleasant) sympathique, bien (colloq) inv3) ( adequate) [housing, wages, level, facilities] convenable4) ( not shabby) [garment] correct5) ( good) [camera, education, result] bon/bonne (before n); [profit] appréciable6) ( not indecent) décent, correct -
2 decent
1 ( respectable) [family, man, woman] comme il faut, bien inv ; no decent person would do a thing like that quelqu'un de correct ne ferait jamais une chose pareille ; she wanted to give him a decent burial ( not cheap) elle voulait qu'il ait un enterrement convenable ; ( with due respect) elle voulait qu'il soit enterré comme il se doit ; after a decent interval, he remarried par souci des convenances il a laissé écouler un certain temps avant de se remarier ; he did the decent thing and resigned il a fait ce qu'on attendait de lui en démissionnant ; try to persuade him to do the decent thing essaye de le persuader de faire ce que tout le monde attend de lui ;2 ( pleasant) sympathique, bien ○ inv ; he's a decent sort of chap ○ c'est un type bien ○ ; it's decent of him to help you c'est très sympathique de sa part de t'aider ;3 ( adequate) [housing, wages, facilities] convenable, décent ; [standard, level] bon/bonne (before n) ;5 ( good) [camera, choice, education, food, holiday, score, result] bon/bonne (before n) ; [profit] appréciable ; to make a decent living bien gagner sa vie ; I need a decent night's sleep j'ai besoin d'une bonne nuit de sommeil ; they do a decent fish soup at the Nautilus la soupe de poisson n'est pas mauvaise au Nautilus ; he serves a decent claret son bordeaux (rouge) n'est pas mauvais ; -
3 decent
['diːsnt]1) (respectable) [family, person] rispettabile, onesto3) (adequate) [facilities, wages, level] adeguato, accettabile4) (not shabby) [ clothes] decente6) (good) [camera, education, result] decente, discreto* * *['di:snt]1) (fairly good; of fairly good quality: a decent standard of living.) decoroso2) (kindly, tolerant or likeable: He's a decent enough fellow.) gentile3) (not vulgar or immoral; modest: Keep your language decent!) decoroso•- decency- decently* * *['diːsnt]1) (respectable) [family, person] rispettabile, onesto3) (adequate) [facilities, wages, level] adeguato, accettabile4) (not shabby) [ clothes] decente6) (good) [camera, education, result] decente, discreto -
4 prudencial
adj.1 sensible (sensato).2 prudential, reasonable, moderate, wise.* * *► adjetivo1 sensible, prudent\a una distancia prudencial at a safe distance* * *ADJ1) (=adecuado) prudential; (=sensato) sensibletras un intervalo prudencial — after a decent interval, after a reasonable time
2) [cantidad, distancia] roughly correct* * *adjetivo prudent, sensibleun tiempo prudencial — a reasonable o sensible length of time
* * *adjetivo prudent, sensibleun tiempo prudencial — a reasonable o sensible length of time
* * *prudent, sensiblelo siguió a una distancia prudencial she followed him at a safe o sensible o prudent distanceun tiempo prudencial a reasonable o sensible o prudent length of time* * *
prudencial adjetivo reasonable, prudent
* * *prudencial adj1. [sensato] sensible;dejé pasar un tiempo prudencial antes de irme I waited a prudent amount of time before leaving2. [moderado] moderate;una cantidad prudencial de vino a moderate amount of wine* * *adj1 ( aproximado) rough, approximate2 ( moderado) modest
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