pudor

m.

1 shyness (recato).

2 modesty (modestia).

3 bashfulness, modesty, decorum, pudendum.

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pudor

► nombre masculino

1 (decencia) decency

■ se desnudó sin ningún tipo de pudor he undressed with no sign of embarrassment

2 (modestia) modesty

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SM

1) (=recato) modesty; (=timidez) shyness; (=vergüenza) (sense of) shame, (sense of) decency

con pudor — modestly, discreetly

tenía pudor de confesarlo — he was ashamed to confess it

alardea sin pudor de su riqueza — she boasts unashamedly o openly about her wealth

lo dijo sin ningún pudor — she said it without embarrassment

2) (=castidad) chastity, virtue

atentado al pudor — indecent assault

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masculino

a) (recato sexual) modesty (arch)

no se desnudó por pudor — she was too embarrassed o shy to take her clothes off

es una falta de pudor — it shows a lack of (a sense of) decency

b) (reserva) reserve

nos habló sin pudor de sus problemas — he talked to us very openly about his problems

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= decorum, bashfulness.

Ex. The lack of contemporary censure may suggest that he observed a type of decorum in costume appropriate to the social and moral status of his characters.

Ex. In other cases, straightforward alphabetical arrangement scatters topics within the same facet which could be arranged more helpfully; eg in Psychology we find BF575 Special forms of emotion eg .A5 Anger .A9 Awe .B3 bashfulness .F2 Fear .H3 Hate .L8 Love. S4 Self-consciousness.

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masculino

a) (recato sexual) modesty (arch)

no se desnudó por pudor — she was too embarrassed o shy to take her clothes off

es una falta de pudor — it shows a lack of (a sense of) decency

b) (reserva) reserve

nos habló sin pudor de sus problemas — he talked to us very openly about his problems

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= decorum, bashfulness.

Ex: The lack of contemporary censure may suggest that he observed a type of decorum in costume appropriate to the social and moral status of his characters.

Ex: In other cases, straightforward alphabetical arrangement scatters topics within the same facet which could be arranged more helpfully; eg in Psychology we find BF575 Special forms of emotion eg .A5 Anger .A9 Awe .B3 bashfulness .F2 Fear .H3 Hate .L8 Love. S4 Self-consciousness.

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pudor

masculine

1 (recato sexual) modesty (arch)

no se desnudó por pudor she was too embarrassed o shy to take her clothes off

me parece una falta de pudor I think it shows a lack of (a sense of) decency

2 (reserva) reserve

nos habló sin pudor alguno de sus dificultades económicas he talked to us very openly o frankly about his financial problems

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pudor sustantivo masculino

a) (recato sexual) modesty;

◊ no se desnudó por pudor she was too embarrassed o shy to take her clothes off;

es una falta de pudor it shows a lack of (a sense of) decency

b) (reserva) reserve;

◊ nos habló sin pudor he talked to us very openly

pudor m (vergüenza) shame: no tiene pudor, he has no sense of decency
'pudor' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
decencia
- desvergonzada
- desvergonzado
- desvergüenza
- embarazar
- honestidad
- vergüenza
- decoro
- recato
English:
decency
- impurity
- modesty

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pudor nm

1. [recato] shyness;

[vergüenza] (sense of) shame;

no se ducha en público por pudor he's too embarrassed o shy to have a shower in front of other people

2. [modestia] modesty

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pudor

m modesty

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pudor nm

: modesty, reserve