humilde

adj.

humble.

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humilde

► adjetivo

1 humble, modest

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FRASEOLOGÍA

de humilde cuna of humble birth

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adj.

humble

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ADJ

1) (=no orgulloso) [carácter, opinión, comida] humble; [voz] small

2) (=pobre) [clase, vivienda] low, modest; [origen] lowly, humble

son gente humilde — they are humble o poor people

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I

adjetivo <carácter/tono> meek; <vivienda/ropa> humble, lowly

II

masculino y femenino

los humildes — the meek, the humble

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= humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.], lowly [lowlier -comp., lowliest -sup.], self-deprecating.

Ex. In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile.

Ex. His is the lowly task of finding out what books exist.

Ex. He reinforces the self-deprecating and cliched concept that in order to be a writer, 'one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work'.

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* de origen humilde = of low descent.

* ser humilde = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.

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I

adjetivo <carácter/tono> meek; <vivienda/ropa> humble, lowly

II

masculino y femenino

los humildes — the meek, the humble

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= humble [humbler -comp., humblest -sup.], lowly [lowlier -comp., lowliest -sup.], self-deprecating.

Ex: In spite of much complexity, they perform reliably; witness the humble typewriter, or the movie camera or the automobile.

Ex: His is the lowly task of finding out what books exist.

Ex: He reinforces the self-deprecating and cliched concept that in order to be a writer, 'one must cultivate incompetence at almost every other form of profitable work'.

* de origen humilde = of low descent.

* ser humilde = hide + Posesivo + light under a bushel.

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humilde¹

adjective

1 (sumiso) humble, meek

dijo en tono humilde she said humbly

en mi humilde opinión in my humble opinion

2 ‹persona/vivienda› (pobre, modesto) humble, lowly

son de origen humilde they are of humble o lowly origins

humilde²

masculine and feminine

los humildes the meek, the humble

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humilde adjetivo ‹carácter/tono› meek;
‹vivienda/ropa› humble, lowly
humilde adjetivo
1 (de carácter) humble, modest: ¡no seas tan humilde!, don't be so modest!
2 (de condición social) humble
'humilde' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
condición
- nacida
- nacido
- popular
- seno
- terrera
- terrero
- ascendencia
- extracción
- modesto
- origen
English:
birth
- humble
- mean
- small
- lowly

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humilde adj

1. [actitud, comportamiento] humble

2. [pobre] humble;

bienvenido a mi humilde morada welcome to my humble abode

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humilde

adj

1 humble; (sin orgullo) modest

2 clase social lowly

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humilde adj

1) : humble

2) : lowly

gente humilde: poor people

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humilde adj humble