pretty

bonito, lindo

Agradable a la vista, a menudo por una belleza delicada o suave.

En inglés sencillo: Pleasant to look at, often in a gentle or delicate way.

• That is a pretty dress.
• The village looked pretty in the snow.
• She chose the prettiest flowers for the table.

Sinónimos: attractive, lovely, beautiful

Antónimos: ugly

Expresiones frecuentes: pretty face, pretty dress, pretty flowers, pretty woman

bastante

Indica un grado considerable de algo, aunque quizá no llegue al máximo.

En inglés sencillo: To quite a large degree, though perhaps not completely.

• The test was pretty easy.
• I am pretty sure we have met before.
• She speaks English pretty well.

Cómo se usa: pretty + adjective/adverb (The instructions are pretty clear.)

Sinónimos: quite, fairly, rather

Expresiones frecuentes: pretty good, pretty sure, pretty well

muy

Indica que una cualidad o situación alcanza un grado muy alto.

En inglés sencillo: To a very great degree.

• That noise was pretty awful.
• He was pretty furious when he saw the damage.
• You have done something pretty extraordinary.

Cómo se usa: pretty + adjective/adverb (That was pretty amazing.)

Sinónimos: very, really, extremely

Expresiones frecuentes: pretty amazing, pretty awful, pretty impressive

monada, adorno

Objeto atractivo, normalmente pequeño, que alguien aprecia o colecciona.

En inglés sencillo: An attractive object, especially a small one that someone likes or collects.

• She picked up a shiny pretty.
• He keeps his pretties in a glass box.
• Which little pretty caught your eye?

Sinónimos: trinket, ornament

Expresiones frecuentes: a pretty, little pretty