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  • 1 honesto

    adj.
    1 honest, honourable, on the up and up, honorable.
    2 honest, sincere.
    3 decent, chaste.
    4 honest, sincere.
    * * *
    1 (honrado) honest, upright
    2 (decente) decent
    3 (recatado) modest
    * * *
    (f. - honesta)
    adj.
    * * *
    ADJ
    1) (=sincero) honest
    2) (=honrado) honourable, honorable (EEUU)
    3) (=decente) decent
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) ( íntegro) honest, honorable*
    b) (ant o hum) < mujer> virtuous, honest (arch)
    * * *
    = honest, salt of the earth, forthcoming, upright.
    Ex. But there was a principle at stake here, and she too felt obligated to express her honest thoughts.
    Ex. In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex. In addition, this method is preferable where patrons may be less than forthcoming using another method (e.g., questionnaire) regarding behaviors that would traditionally be frowned upon by librarians = Además, este método es preferible sobre otro (por ejemplo, un cuestionario) cuando los usuarios puede que no sean tan sinceros en sus respuestas como deberían de serlo con respecto a ciertos comportamientos que tradicionalmente estarían mal vistos por los bibliotecarios.
    Ex. He speaks of him as 'a man of great gravity, calmness, sound principles, of no faction, an excellent preacher, of an upright life'.
    ----
    * deshonesto = dishonest.
    * * *
    - ta adjetivo
    a) ( íntegro) honest, honorable*
    b) (ant o hum) < mujer> virtuous, honest (arch)
    * * *
    = honest, salt of the earth, forthcoming, upright.

    Ex: But there was a principle at stake here, and she too felt obligated to express her honest thoughts.

    Ex: In the novel, residents of the drought-plagued hamlet of Champaner, egged on by a salt-of-the-earth hothead leader, recklessly accept a sporting challenge thrown down by the commander of the local British troops.
    Ex: In addition, this method is preferable where patrons may be less than forthcoming using another method (e.g., questionnaire) regarding behaviors that would traditionally be frowned upon by librarians = Además, este método es preferible sobre otro (por ejemplo, un cuestionario) cuando los usuarios puede que no sean tan sinceros en sus respuestas como deberían de serlo con respecto a ciertos comportamientos que tradicionalmente estarían mal vistos por los bibliotecarios.
    Ex: He speaks of him as 'a man of great gravity, calmness, sound principles, of no faction, an excellent preacher, of an upright life'.
    * deshonesto = dishonest.

    * * *
    honesto -ta
    1 (íntegro) honorable*, decent
    2 ( ant o hum); ‹mujer› virtuous, honest ( arch)
    tiene intenciones honestas his intentions are honorable*
    * * *

    honesto
    ◊ -ta adjetivo ( íntegro) honest, honorable( conjugate honorable)

    honesto,-a adjetivo
    1 (justo, recto) honest, upright
    2 (decente) modest

    ' honesto' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    contigo
    - escrupulosa
    - escrupuloso
    - honesta
    - íntegra
    - íntegro
    - legal
    - confiable
    - correcto
    - derecho
    - honrado
    English:
    honest
    * * *
    honesto, -a adj
    1. [honrado] honest
    2. [sincero] honest;
    sé honesta y dime lo que piensas be honest and tell me what you think
    3. [decente] modest, decent
    * * *
    adj honorable, Br
    honourable, decent
    * * *
    honesto, -ta adj
    1) : decent, virtuous
    2) : honest, honorable
    ♦ honestamente adv
    * * *
    honesto adj honest

    Spanish-English dictionary > honesto

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