shy

tímido, asustadizo

Que se siente inseguro con otras personas o se asusta fácilmente.

En inglés sencillo: You feel nervous around people or become frightened easily.

• The shy child hid behind his mother.
• She feels shy around strangers.
• These birds are shy and difficult to approach.

Cómo se usa: shy around someone (He is shy around unfamiliar people.); shy of someone/something (The deer are shy of humans.)

Sinónimos: timid, bashful

Antónimos: bold, confident

Expresiones frecuentes: shy child, shy around someone, shy animal

tímido

Que se pone nervioso al conocer gente o ser el centro de atención.

En inglés sencillo: Feeling nervous or uncomfortable when meeting people or getting their attention.

• She is shy around strangers.
• I was too shy to ask her name.
• Were you shy as a child?

Cómo se usa: shy around someone (She feels shy around new people.); shy about doing something (He is shy about speaking in class.)

Sinónimos: timid, reserved

Antónimos: confident, outgoing

Expresiones frecuentes: shy child, shy around someone, feel shy

falto

Que queda un poco por debajo de la cantidad necesaria o esperada.

En inglés sencillo: Having slightly less than the amount needed or expected.

• We are three players shy.
• The bill was just shy of fifty dollars.
• They stopped a mile shy of the finish.

Cómo se usa: shy of something (We finished just shy of our target.)

Sinónimos: short

Expresiones frecuentes: shy of something, just shy of, two shy

reservado

Que evita decir qué partido apoya, especialmente en encuestas antes de unas elecciones.

En inglés sencillo: Unwilling to tell people which political party you support, especially when answering questions before an election.

• Shy voters may refuse to answer political surveys.
• The poll missed several shy conservative voters.
• Researchers studied the effect of shy voters on election predictions.

Expresiones frecuentes: shy voters, shy conservatives, shy voter effect

espantarse

Apartarse de repente de algo por miedo.

En inglés sencillo: To move suddenly away from something because you are frightened.

• The horse shied at the noise.
• Our pony shies when cars pass too close.
• The mare shied and nearly threw her rider.

Cómo se usa: shy at something (The pony shied at a passing truck.)

Sinónimos: start, recoil

Expresiones frecuentes: shy at something, shy away

arrojar, lanzar

Lanzar algo con un movimiento rápido y brusco.

En inglés sencillo: To throw something with a quick, sudden movement.

• He shied a stone at the wall.
• The boy shied an apple across the yard.
• She shied the ball towards the bucket.

Cómo se usa: shy something at someone/something (He shied a pebble at the empty tin.)

Sinónimos: throw, fling

Expresiones frecuentes: shy a stone, shy something at

puesto de tiro

Puesto de feria donde se lanzan objetos contra blancos para ganar premios.

En inglés sencillo: A fairground stall where you throw objects at targets to win prizes.

• We tried the coconut shy.
• The fair had a shy with wooden targets.
• He won a prize at the coconut shy.

Expresiones frecuentes: coconut shy, fairground shy