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bashful

  • 1 pudoroso

    • bashful

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > pudoroso

  • 2 ruboroso

    • bashful

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > ruboroso

  • 3 hurańo

    • bashful
    • bearish
    • unfriendly
    • unsociable

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > hurańo

  • 4 penoso

    • bashful
    • difficult
    • embarrassing
    • grieved
    • grievously
    • grudgingly
    • gruel
    • gruelling
    • gruesome
    • laboratory of forensic chemistry
    • laborer
    • laboring
    • laborious chore
    • painful
    • timid
    • trying
    • vexatious

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > penoso

  • 5 tímido

    • bashful
    • coy
    • faint-hearted
    • self-congratulation
    • self-consciously
    • sheepish
    • timid
    • unassertive

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > tímido

  • 6 verecundio

    • bashful
    • timid

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > verecundio

  • 7 vergonzoso

    • bashful
    • embarrassing
    • shamefaced
    • shameful
    • sheepish
    • timid

    Diccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > vergonzoso

  • 8 vergonzoso

    adj.
    1 bashful, timid, sheepish.
    2 shameful, embarrassing, outrageous, scandalous.
    * * *
    1 (acto) shameful, shocking
    2 (persona) bashful, shy
    * * *
    (f. - vergonzosa)
    adj.
    2) shy
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [persona] (=tímido) bashful, shy; (=modesto) modest
    2) [acto] shameful, disgraceful

    es vergonzoso que... — it is disgraceful that...

    3)

    partes vergonzosas — euf(Anat) private parts

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( tímido) shy, bashful
    2) <asunto/comportamiento> disgraceful, shameful
    * * *
    = shameful, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], discreditable, self-conscious, disgusting, disgraceful, tongue-tied, embarrassing, bashful.
    Ex. And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.
    Ex. One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex. It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.
    Ex. The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex. I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex. He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.
    Ex. The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex. The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    ----
    * de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( tímido) shy, bashful
    2) <asunto/comportamiento> disgraceful, shameful
    * * *
    = shameful, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], discreditable, self-conscious, disgusting, disgraceful, tongue-tied, embarrassing, bashful.

    Ex: And what I'm trying to suggest is that there's something shameful about a profession that has allowed this kind of blatant and rank ethnocentrism, racism, chauvinism, the whole schmier, to persist this long.

    Ex: One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex: It is at least arguable that the discreditable popular image is to some extent a reflection of his own self-image, and that the sad irony of the librarian is that people have come to accept him at his own valuation.
    Ex: The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex: I find it disgusting but I guess that's human nature.
    Ex: He maintains that indexers are shamefully treated, their pay is disgraceful and they are almost never acknowledged in the book.
    Ex: The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    * de un modo vergonzoso = shamefully.
    * fracaso vergonzoso = embarrassing failure.

    * * *
    A (tímido) shy, bashful
    B (ignominioso) ‹asunto/comportamiento› disgraceful, shameful
    es vergonzoso cómo trata a sus padres it's a disgrace o it's disgraceful o it's shameful the way he treats his parents
    masculine, feminine
    es un vergonzoso he's very shy o bashful
    * * *

    vergonzoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ( tímido) shy, bashful
    2 ‹asunto/comportamiento› disgraceful, shameful
    vergonzoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que siente vergüenza, timidez) shy, timid, bashful
    2 (lamentable, que causa vergüenza) shameful, disgraceful
    una escena vergonzosa, a shameful scene
    ' vergonzoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    bochornosa
    - bochornoso
    - corta
    - corto
    - embarazosa
    - embarazoso
    - indigna
    - indigno
    - tímida
    - tímido
    - vergonzosa
    English:
    bashful
    - criminal
    - disgraceful
    - disgusting
    - disreputable
    - shameful
    - shocking
    - skeleton
    - wallflower
    - deplorable
    - guilty
    - outrageous
    - sordid
    * * *
    vergonzoso, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [deshonroso] shameful, disgraceful
    2. [tímido] bashful
    ♦ nm,f
    bashful person;
    ser un vergonzoso to be bashful
    * * *
    adj
    1 disgraceful, shameful
    2 ( tímido) shy
    * * *
    vergonzoso, -sa adj
    1) : disgraceful, shameful
    2) : bashful, shy
    * * *
    vergonzoso adj disgraceful

    Spanish-English dictionary > vergonzoso

  • 9 tímido

    adj.
    1 timid, shy, fearful, bashful.
    2 shy, bashful.
    * * *
    1 shy, timid
    2 figurado (intento etc) half-hearted
    * * *
    (f. - tímida)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ shy, timid
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    * * *
    = timid, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], self-conscious, coy, tongue-tied, bashful, mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.], timorous.
    Ex. We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.
    Ex. One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex. The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex. Although it is coy about admitting the fact it is only mentioned twice in the whole of the thirty pages of publicity material it is in effect a generalized and modernized Thesaurofacet: a facetted classification with a thesaurus structure forming an integral part.
    Ex. The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex. The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    Ex. Sora fits the stereotypical description of a ' mousy girl' perfectly, from her appearance to her personality.
    Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo ( retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    * * *
    = timid, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], self-conscious, coy, tongue-tied, bashful, mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.], timorous.

    Ex: We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.

    Ex: One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
    Ex: The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
    Ex: Although it is coy about admitting the fact it is only mentioned twice in the whole of the thirty pages of publicity material it is in effect a generalized and modernized Thesaurofacet: a facetted classification with a thesaurus structure forming an integral part.
    Ex: The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
    Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    Ex: Sora fits the stereotypical description of a ' mousy girl' perfectly, from her appearance to her personality.
    Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.

    * * *
    tímido -da
    (retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    es muy tímido, no le gustan estas reuniones he's very shy, he doesn't like these meetings
    no seas tímido, pregúntale don't be shy o timid, ask her
    una sonrisa tímida a shy o timid smile
    * * *

     

    tímido
    ◊ -da adjetivo ( retraído) shy;


    (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
    tímido,-a
    I adj (vergonzoso) shy
    fig (reacción) una tímida acogida, a tepid o lukewarm welcome
    II sustantivo masculino y femenino shy person
    ' tímido' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    cerrada
    - cerrado
    - cortada
    - cortado
    - dejarse
    - fachada
    - ruborizarse
    - tímida
    - chupado
    - cohibido
    - esquivo
    - vergonzoso
    English:
    bashful
    - coy
    - diffident
    - mousy
    - naturally
    - self-conscious
    - shy
    - small
    - timid
    - wallflower
    - self
    - tongue
    * * *
    tímido, -a
    ♦ adj
    1. [vergonzoso] shy
    2. [vacilante] timid
    ♦ nm,f
    shy person;
    ser un tímido to be shy
    * * *
    adj shy, timid
    * * *
    tímido, -da adj
    : timid, shy
    ♦ tímidamente adv
    * * *
    tímido adj shy [comp. shier o shyer; superl. shiest o shyest]

    Spanish-English dictionary > tímido

  • 10 penoso

    adj.
    1 troublesome, difficult, painful, embarrassing.
    2 shy, bashful, timid.
    * * *
    1 (doloroso) painful; (triste) sad
    2 (trabajoso) laborious, hard
    3 (desastroso) terrible, awful, dreadful
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=doloroso) painful

    me veo en la penosa obligación de comunicarles que... — I regret to have to inform you that...

    2) (=difícil) [tarea] arduous, laborious; [viaje] gruelling, grueling (EEUU)
    3) (=lamentable) pitiful

    era penoso ver la casa en ese estado — the house was a sorry o pitiful sight, it was pitiful to see the house in such a state

    4) And, Méx (=tímido) shy, timid
    5) And, Méx (=embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( lamentable) terrible, awful
    2)
    a) ( triste) sad
    b) < viaje> grueling*; < trabajo> laborious, difficult
    3) (AmL exc CS fam)
    a) < persona> shy
    b) ( embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *
    = painful, embarrassing, distressing, grievous, wrenching, excruciating, pitiful, upsetting, gruelling [grueling, -USA].
    Ex. The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.
    Ex. This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex. It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex. How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex. A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex. Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex. Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.
    Ex. Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex. He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    1) ( lamentable) terrible, awful
    2)
    a) ( triste) sad
    b) < viaje> grueling*; < trabajo> laborious, difficult
    3) (AmL exc CS fam)
    a) < persona> shy
    b) ( embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *
    = painful, embarrassing, distressing, grievous, wrenching, excruciating, pitiful, upsetting, gruelling [grueling, -USA].

    Ex: The next step was a rather painful, laborious manual effort.

    Ex: This is highly embarrassing for the innocent reader and for the apologetic library staff.
    Ex: It really is distressing to observe in some libraries the casual and perfunctory way in which enquirers obviously seeking help are treated as persons.
    Ex: How should restitution be made across generations for grievous harms suffered in the distant past?.
    Ex: A political setback forced a wrenching transformation of the stolid but effective library into what ultimately became a brand new, proactive one.
    Ex: Loneliness can involve excruciating physical pain as well as harrowing mental suffering.
    Ex: Today's pitiful situation must be improved drastically to cope with the overwhelming demand of clients for better library service.
    Ex: Lovelorn staff at a Japanese company can take paid time off after an upsetting break-up with a partner, with more 'heartache leave' offered as they get older.
    Ex: He has become one of the first people in the world to complete a gruelling foot race involving four deserts on four different continents.

    * * *
    penoso -sa
    A (lamentable) terrible, awful
    B
    1 (triste) sad
    tengo el penoso deber de comunicarle que … it is my sad duty to inform you that …
    2 ‹viaje› grueling*; ‹trabajo› laborious, difficult
    1 ‹persona› shy
    2 (embarazoso) embarrassing
    * * *

    penoso
    ◊ -sa adjetivo

    1 ( lamentable) terrible, awful
    2
    a) ( triste) sad

    b) ‹ viaje› grueling( conjugate grueling);

    ‹ trabajo› laborious, difficult
    3 (AmL exc CS fam)
    a) ‹ persona› shy


    penoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (un estado, una situación) terrible, painful
    2 (un trabajo, un esfuerzo), difficult, arduous
    ' penoso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    desgracia
    - penosa
    - trabajada
    - trabajado
    - triste
    - desolador
    - duro
    English:
    arduous
    - blubber
    - drudgery
    - grievous
    - grueling
    - gruelling
    - laborious
    - pathetic
    - sad
    - bashful
    - distressing
    * * *
    penoso, -a adj
    1. [trabajoso] backbreaking;
    llegaron a puerto tras una travesía penosa they reached port after an arduous crossing
    2. [lamentable] dreadful;
    el arbitraje fue penoso the refereeing was dreadful;
    tenía un aspecto penoso he was a sorry sight
    3. CAm, Carib, Col, Méx [embarazoso] embarrassing
    4. CAm, Carib, Col, Méx [persona] shy
    * * *
    adj
    1 ( angustiante) distressing
    2 trabajo laborious
    3 C.Am., Cu, Méx: que causa vergüenza
    embarrassing
    4 C.Am., Cu, Méx: que siente vergüenza
    shy
    * * *
    penoso, -sa adj
    1) : painful, distressing
    2) : difficult, arduous
    3) : shy, bashful
    * * *
    penoso adj painful / distressing

    Spanish-English dictionary > penoso

  • 11 ruboroso

    adj.
    bashful, blushing.
    * * *
    1 blushing, bashful
    * * *
    ADJ frm
    1)
    2)

    estar ruboroso — (=colorado) to blush, be blushing; (=avergonzado) to feel bashful

    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    * * *
    Ex. Keep in mind that the Bible commands women to wear clothing that is in keeping with being shamefaced.
    * * *
    - sa adjetivo
    * * *

    Ex: Keep in mind that the Bible commands women to wear clothing that is in keeping with being shamefaced.

    * * *
    1 (propenso a ruborizarse) ser ruboroso to blush easily, to be blushful ( liter)
    2 (ruborizado) estar ruboroso to be blushing o red
    el joven, tímido y ruboroso, no se atrevía a hablar the young man, shy and blushing o red-faced didn't dare speak
    * * *
    ruboroso, -a adj
    1. [cara] blushing, red
    2. [persona]
    es muy ruboroso he blushes very easily
    * * *
    adj
    :
    estar ruboroso be blushing;
    ser ruboroso blush easily

    Spanish-English dictionary > ruboroso

  • 12 chuncho

    adj.
    1 savage; uncivilized; bashful, shy.
    2 m.
    f.
    em> Savage, bashful, shy.
    * * *
    chuncho, -a Perú pey
    1. ADJ
    1) (=salvaje) savage, rustic
    2) (=inculto) uncivilized
    3) (=tímido) bashful, shy
    2.
    * * *
    I
    - cha adjetivo (Per fam) unsociable, unfriendly
    II
    - cha masculino, femenino
    2) chuncho masculino (Chi) (Zool) pygmy owl; ( persona) (fam) jinx
    * * *
    I
    - cha adjetivo (Per fam) unsociable, unfriendly
    II
    - cha masculino, femenino
    2) chuncho masculino (Chi) (Zool) pygmy owl; ( persona) (fam) jinx
    * * *
    ( Per fam) unsociable, unfriendly
    masculine, feminine
    B
    1 ( Zool) pygmy owl
    2 ( fam) (persona) jinx
    matar el chuncho ( fam); to get rid of a/the jinx

    Spanish-English dictionary > chuncho

  • 13 ataque de + Enfermedad

    (n.) = bout of + Enfermedad
    Ex. The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    * * *
    (n.) = bout of + Enfermedad

    Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.

    Spanish-English dictionary > ataque de + Enfermedad

  • 14 atormentado

    adj.
    tormented, troubled, grieved, under the harrow.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: atormentar.
    * * *
    ADJ (=afligido) tormented
    * * *
    = conscience-stricken, tortured, at bay, conscience-smitten.
    Ex. Preventive medicine in the community, for example, is obviously vital, but this is no reason for hospital doctors and nurses to feel conscience-stricken because they wait for patients to come to them.
    Ex. The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    Ex. In this new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    Ex. The grave digger became so conscience-smitten for not filling his agreement that he buried the money he had received for the work.
    * * *
    = conscience-stricken, tortured, at bay, conscience-smitten.

    Ex: Preventive medicine in the community, for example, is obviously vital, but this is no reason for hospital doctors and nurses to feel conscience-stricken because they wait for patients to come to them.

    Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
    Ex: In this new book, he is still at bay, pursued by the hounds of desire and anxiety in a literary world ever more crass.
    Ex: The grave digger became so conscience-smitten for not filling his agreement that he buried the money he had received for the work.

    * * *
    atormentado, -a adj
    tormented

    Spanish-English dictionary > atormentado

  • 15 vergonzante

    adj.
    1 shameful.
    2 embarrassing.
    * * *
    1 shamefaced
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=que tiene vergüenza) shamefaced; (=tímido) bashful
    2) (=que produce vergüenza) shameful, shaming
    * * *
    adjetivo <enfermedad/error> embarrassing
    * * *
    adjetivo <enfermedad/error> embarrassing
    * * *
    ‹enfermedad/problema› embarrassing
    * * *

    vergonzante adjetivo bashful, shamefaced
    * * *
    shameful, disgraceful
    * * *
    adj disgraceful, shameful

    Spanish-English dictionary > vergonzante

  • 16 verecundo

    adj.
    Bashful, diffident.
    * * *
    ADJ bashful, sensitive, shy

    Spanish-English dictionary > verecundo

  • 17 vergonzosa

    adj.&f.
    1 bashful (person), modest, shamefaced; diffident.
    2 shameful; contumelious.
    * * *
    f., (m. - vergonzoso)
    * * *

    vergonzoso,-a adjetivo
    1 (que siente vergüenza, timidez) shy, timid, bashful
    2 (lamentable, que causa vergüenza) shameful, disgraceful
    una escena vergonzosa, a shameful scene
    ' vergonzosa' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    vergonzoso
    - papelón

    Spanish-English dictionary > vergonzosa

  • 18 F

    f.
    f, letter f.
    * * *
    F
    1 ( Fahrenheit) Fahrenheit; (símbolo) F
    * * *
    I
    =f ['efe]
    SF (=letra) F, f II
    ABR
    1) = fuerza

    el 23-F — 23 February ( date of the Tejero coup attempt, in 1981)

    * * *
    I
    f femenino ( read as ['efe]) the letter F, f
    II
    a) (= Fahrenheit) F
    b) (= febrero)
    * * *
    ----
    * operador (F) = (F) operator.
    * * *
    I
    f femenino ( read as ['efe]) the letter F, f
    II
    a) (= Fahrenheit) F
    b) (= febrero)
    * * *
    * operador (F) = (F) operator.
    * * *
    F, f
    ( read as /ˈefe/)
    B (en formularios) (= femenino) F, female
    1 (= Fahrenheit) F
    2 (= febrero)
    * * *

    Multiple Entries:
    F    
    f
    F,
    ◊ f sustantivo femenino ( read as /'efe/) the letter F, f

    F, f f (letra) F, f

    'F' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    A
    - abadesa
    - abadía
    - abajeña
    - abajeño
    - abanderada
    - abanderado
    - abarrotería
    - abdicación
    - abeja
    - aberración
    - abertura
    - abjuración
    - ablución
    - abnegación
    - abogacía
    - abogada
    - abogado
    - abolición
    - abolladura
    - abonada
    - abonado
    - abrasión
    - abrazadera
    - abreviación
    - abreviatura
    - absolución
    - absorción
    - abstemia
    - abstemio
    - abstención
    - abstinencia
    - abstracción
    - abubilla
    - abuela
    - abulia
    - abundancia
    - abusón
    - abusona
    - acacia
    - academia
    - académica
    - académico
    - acampada
    - acaparador
    - acaparadora
    - accidentada
    - accidentado
    - acción
    - acedía
    English:
    affiliated
    - affinity
    - affirm
    - affirmative
    - affix
    - afford
    - afield
    - aforementioned
    - aforesaid
    - afterlife
    - airfield
    - aloof
    - amorphous
    - ansaphone
    - apostrophe
    - Armenian
    - artificial
    - astrophysics
    - atrophy
    - autobiography
    - autograph
    - awful
    - bailiff
    - barefoot
    - bashful
    - beautiful
    - beef
    - before
    - beforehand
    - behalf
    - belief
    - beneficial
    - beneficiary
    - benefit
    - bibliography
    - bifocals
    - biography
    - blast-off
    - bluff
    - Bosnian
    - bountiful
    - brief
    - briefing
    - brushoff
    - buff
    - buffalo
    - buffer
    - bulletproof
    - butterfingers
    - calf
    * * *
    F, f ['efe] nf
    [letra] F, f;
    el 23 F 23rd February, = day of the failed coup d'état in Spain in 1981
    * * *
    f nf
    : sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet

    Spanish-English dictionary > F

  • 19 batata

    f.
    sweet potato. (peninsular Spanish, Argentinian Spanish, Colombian Spanish, Venezuelan Spanish)
    * * *
    1 BOTÁNICA sweet potato
    * * *
    1. ADJ
    1) Cono Sur (=tímido) bashful, shy
    2) Caribe, Cono Sur (=simple) simple, gullible
    3) Caribe (=llenito) chubby, plump; (=rechoncho) squat
    2. SF
    1) (Bot) sweet potato, yam
    2) Cono Sur (=timidez) bashfulness, embarrassment
    3) And, Caribe (=pantorrilla) calf ( of the leg)
    4) Cono Sur * (=coche) car, auto(mobile) (EEUU)
    * * *
    femenino sweet potato, yam
    * * *
    = sweet potato, yam, cocoyam.
    Ex. The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.
    Ex. The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.
    Ex. The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.
    * * *
    femenino sweet potato, yam
    * * *
    = sweet potato, yam, cocoyam.

    Ex: The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.

    Ex: The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.
    Ex: The author discusses the shortcomings of the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme in the indexing of African staple crops, namely cassava, cocoyam, ginger, Irish potato, sweet potato and yam.

    * * *
    sweet potato, yam
    * * *

    batata sustantivo femenino
    sweet potato, yam
    batata f Bot sweet potato
    ' batata' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    camote
    English:
    sweet
    * * *
    batata nf
    Esp, Arg, Col, Ven sweet potato
    * * *
    f BOT sweet potato
    * * *
    batata nf
    : yam, sweet potato

    Spanish-English dictionary > batata

  • 20 encogido

    adj.
    shrunk, crouching, shrunken.
    past part.
    past participle of spanish verb: encoger.
    * * *
    1→ link=encoger encoger
    1 figurado (persona) timid, shy, diffident
    2 figurado (corazón) heavy; (estómago) in knots
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) [tejido] shrunken
    2) (=tacaño) stingy *
    3) (=tímido) shy, bashful
    * * *
    - da adjetivo shy; ver tb encoger
    * * *
    Ex. Everything that happens in the couple's tiny, shrunken, enclosed world is addictive, unglamorous, and boringly awful.
    * * *
    - da adjetivo shy; ver tb encoger
    * * *

    Ex: Everything that happens in the couple's tiny, shrunken, enclosed world is addictive, unglamorous, and boringly awful.

    * * *
    * * *
    encogido, -a adj
    [tímido] shy; [pusilánime] fearful, faint-hearted
    * * *
    adj fig
    shy
    * * *
    encogido, -da adj
    1) : shriveled, shrunken
    2) tímido: shy, inhibited

    Spanish-English dictionary > encogido

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