noble

noble, honorable

Que muestra bondad, honradez o valentía dignas de admiración.

En inglés sencillo: Showing kindness, honesty, or courage that people admire.

• Helping them was a noble act.
• He gave his savings to a noble cause.
• It was noble of you to defend her.

Cómo se usa: it is noble of someone to do something (It was noble of her to give the prize money away.)

Sinónimos: honorable, admirable, generous

Antónimos: dishonorable, ignoble

Expresiones frecuentes: noble act, noble cause, noble of someone, noble character

majestuoso, grandioso

De aspecto grande, hermoso e impresionante.

En inglés sencillo: Large, beautiful, and impressive in appearance.

• A noble oak stood beside the house.
• We admired the cathedral's noble proportions.
• The palace presented a noble sight against the mountains.

Sinónimos: grand, magnificent, stately, splendid

Expresiones frecuentes: noble building, noble proportions, noble oak

noble, aristócrata

Persona que pertenece por nacimiento o título a la clase social tradicionalmente más alta de un país.

En inglés sencillo: A person who belongs by birth or title to a country's highest traditional social class.

• The noble lived in a castle.
• Several nobles attended the king's wedding.
• She married a young noble from a wealthy family.

Sinónimos: aristocrat, nobleman, noblewoman

Antónimos: commoner

Expresiones frecuentes: wealthy noble, young noble, a French noble

noble

Moneda inglesa de oro de la Edad Media, que solía valer seis chelines y ocho peniques.

En inglés sencillo: An English gold coin used in the Middle Ages, usually worth six shillings and eight pence.

• The collector bought a gold noble.
• Several medieval nobles were found beneath the floor.
• An English noble usually had a value of six shillings and eight pence.

Expresiones frecuentes: gold noble, English noble, medieval noble