osadía

f.

daring, audacity, courage, valor.

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osadía

► nombre femenino

1 (audacia) audacity, daring

2 (desvergüenza) effrontery, nerve

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noun f.

daring

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SF

1) (=audacia) daring, boldness

2) (=descaro) impudence, audacity, temerity

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femenino (valor) (liter) daring, boldness; (descaro) temerity, audacity

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= boldness, fearlessness, effrontery, blatancy, shamelessness, impudence, pertness.

Ex. Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.

Ex. Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.

Ex. This article discusses the use of the term 'chutzpah' by courts suffering various effronteries at the hands of attorneys and even witnesses who appear before them in both criminal and civil matters.

Ex. There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.

Ex. There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.

Ex. Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue.

Ex. We were forced to conclude that the girl, with all her pertness, was of a better sort than we had supposed.

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* tener la osadía de = have + the gall to, have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

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femenino (valor) (liter) daring, boldness; (descaro) temerity, audacity

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= boldness, fearlessness, effrontery, blatancy, shamelessness, impudence, pertness.

Ex: Whilst this may seem an unnecessarily negative approach to an issue appearing to need boldness and certainty, it seemed relevant to the experienced circumstances.

Ex: Greed and fearlessness linked the Elizabethan sea rover, the 18th-century naval captain hungry for prize money, and the early-Victorian soldier for whom the storming of an Indian city offered the chance of booty.

Ex: This article discusses the use of the term 'chutzpah' by courts suffering various effronteries at the hands of attorneys and even witnesses who appear before them in both criminal and civil matters.

Ex: There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.

Ex: There is no argument about this, because the blatancy and shamelessness of it are undeniable.

Ex: Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue.

Ex: We were forced to conclude that the girl, with all her pertness, was of a better sort than we had supposed.

* tener la osadía de = have + the gall to, have + the nerve(s) to, have + the cheek to.

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osadía

feminine

1 (liter) (valor) daring, boldness

2 (descaro) temerity, audacity

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osadía sustantivo femenino
1 (falta de temor) daring
2 (falta de respeto) impudence
'osadía' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
determinación
- audacia
English:
boldness
- daring

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osadía nf

1. [valor] boldness, daring

2. [descaro] audacity, temerity

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osadía

f

1 daring

2 (descaro) audacity

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osadía nf

1) valor: boldness, daring

2) audacia: audacity, nerve