naive

ingenuo, inexperto

Sin experiencia suficiente para juzgar bien a las personas o las situaciones, y que suele confiar demasiado fácilmente.

En inglés sencillo: Without enough experience to judge people or situations well, often trusting others too easily.

• I was young and naive.
• It was naive to expect everyone to agree.
• He is less naive about politics now.

Cómo se usa: naive to do something (It was naive to trust him without checking his story.); naive about something (She was naive about how businesses worked.)

Sinónimos: inexperienced, innocent, unsophisticated

Antónimos: sophisticated, worldly

Expresiones frecuentes: naive person, naive belief, naive to think, naive assumption

naíf

Hecho con un estilo sencillo, parecido al arte infantil, sin técnicas artísticas complejas.

En inglés sencillo: Made in a simple style like a child’s art, without complex artistic methods.

• She collects naive art.
• The painting shows a village in a naive style.
• His naive figures have bright clothes and large eyes.

Sinónimos: childlike

Expresiones frecuentes: naive art, naive painting, naive style