decent

discreto, decente

Abbastanza buono da soddisfare le tue esigenze o aspettative.

In inglese semplice: Good enough to meet your needs or expectations.

• We had a decent meal.
• You can get a decent phone for that price.
• Did you find somewhere decent to stay?

Sinonimi: acceptable, reasonable, satisfactory

Contrari: poor, inadequate

Espressioni comuni: decent meal, decent salary, decent quality

onesto, perbene

Che tratta gli altri con gentilezza, onestà e correttezza.

In inglese semplice: Kind, honest, and fair in the way you treat people.

• He is a decent person.
• She was decent enough to return the money.
• Decent people do not laugh at someone else's pain.

Come si usa: decent of someone to do something (It was decent of her to help us move.)

Sinonimi: good, honest, upright

Contrari: dishonest

Espressioni comuni: decent person, decent man, decent society, decent behaviour

considerevole, discreto

Piuttosto grande per quantità, numero o dimensioni.

In inglese semplice: Fairly large in amount, number, or size.

• We saved a decent amount.
• A decent number of people came to the meeting.
• She earned a decent sum from the sale.

Sinonimi: substantial, considerable, sizeable

Contrari: small

Espressioni comuni: decent amount, decent number, decent portion

vestito, presentabile

Vestito abbastanza da potersi mostrare agli altri.

In inglese semplice: Wearing enough clothes for other people to see you.

• Are you decent?
• Wait until I'm decent before opening the door.
• She put on a robe to make herself decent.

Sinonimi: dressed, covered up

Contrari: naked

Espressioni comuni: be decent, get decent