modesty

modestia, humildad

Cualidad de no llamar la atención sobre las propias capacidades, logros o importancia.

En inglés sencillo: The quality of not drawing attention to your own abilities, achievements, or importance.

• I admire her modesty.
• He accepted the award with modesty.
• There is no need for false modesty about your success.

Cómo se usa: modesty about something (Her modesty about her achievements impressed us.)

Sinónimos: humility, unpretentiousness

Antónimos: arrogance, conceit

Expresiones frecuentes: false modesty, with modesty, modesty about something, genuine modesty

recato, pudor

Costumbre de cubrir el cuerpo o evitar ropa que se considera demasiado reveladora.

En inglés sencillo: The practice of covering your body or avoiding clothes considered too revealing.

• She wore a shawl for modesty.
• The school has strict rules about modesty in dress.
• Ideas about modesty differ between cultures.

Sinónimos: decency, propriety

Antónimos: immodesty

Expresiones frecuentes: modesty in dress, for modesty, standards of modesty