nobility

nobleza, aristocracia

Personas de familias de alto rango social, cuyos títulos suelen pasar de padres a hijos.

En inglés sencillo: People from families with high social rank, often with titles passed from parents to children.

• The nobility owned most of the land.
• Members of the nobility gathered at the palace.
• Her family married into the French nobility.

Sinónimos: aristocracy

Expresiones frecuentes: the nobility, local nobility, member of nobility

nobleza, grandeza de espíritu

Cualidad de quien es honrado, generoso y merece respeto.

En inglés sencillo: The quality of being honest, generous, and deserving respect.

• He showed nobility by forgiving them.
• We admired her nobility of character.
• There was quiet nobility in the way he cared for strangers.

Cómo se usa: nobility of something (Her actions revealed a nobility of spirit.)

Sinónimos: goodness, magnanimity

Antónimos: meanness

Expresiones frecuentes: nobility of character, nobility of spirit, show nobility