modest

modest
'modist
adjective
1) (not having, or showing, too high an opinion of one's abilities etc: He's very modest about his success.) modesto
2) (decent, or showing good taste; not shocking: modest clothing.) recatado
3) (not very large; moderate: She's a person of modest ambitions.) pequeño, moderado
•
- modesty
modest adj modesto
modest
tr['mɒdɪst]
adjective
1 (person - unassuming) modesto,-a, humilde; (- shy) tímido,-a
2 (not large - house, income, etc) modesto,-a; (- improvement, increase) - modesto,-a; (- price) módico,-a; (- demand, ambition) moderado,-a; (- rise, success) discreto,-a, moderado,-a
3 dated (chaste) púdico,-a, recatado,-a
modest ['mɑdəst] adj
1) humble: modesto
2) demure: recatado, pudoroso
3) moderate: modesto, moderado
♦ modestly adv
modest
adj.
• honesto, -a adj.
• moderado, -a adj.
• modesto, -a adj.
• pudibundo, -a adj.
• pudoroso, -a adj.
• púdico, -a adj.
• recatado, -a adj.
n.
• modestia s.f.
'mɑːdəst, 'mɒdɪst
adjective
a) (not boastful) <person/remark> modesto
b) <income/gift> modesto; <improvement> moderado, pequeño; <success> moderado
c) (chaste) pudoroso, púdico
['mɒdɪst]
ADJ
1) (=humble) modesto

don't be so modest! — ¡no seas tan modesto!

he's just being modest — está siendo modesto

to be modest about sth — ser modesto con algo

2) (=small) [garden, income] modesto, pequeño; [amount, sum] módico, modesto; [increase, improvement, reform] moderado

on a modest scale — a escala moderada

3) (=chaste, proper) [person, clothes] púdico, recatado
* * *
['mɑːdəst, 'mɒdɪst]
adjective
a) (not boastful) <person/remark> modesto
b) <income/gift> modesto; <improvement> moderado, pequeño; <success> moderado
c) (chaste) pudoroso, púdico

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