reticencia

f.

1 unwillingness (resistencia).

2 insinuation, innuendo.

3 reluctance, unwillingness.

4 reticence, reserve, reservedness, reticency.

5 ironic innuendo, irony.

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reticencia

► nombre femenino

1 (reserva) reticence, reserve

2 (insinuación) insinuation, innuendo

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SF

1) (=renuencia) unwillingness, reluctance

2) (=reserva) reticence, reserve

3) (=ironía) irony, sarcasm

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femenino

a) (renuencia) reluctance

con reticencia — reluctantly

b) (reserva) reticence

a pesar de su reticencia inicial, ... — despite his initial reticence, ...

c) (indirecta) hint, insinuation

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= reluctance, reticence.

Ex. Other barriers such as language and professional reluctance to cooperate internationally cannot be changed by legislation.

Ex. This reticence was not restricted to librarians.

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* sentir reticencia hacia = recoil.

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femenino

a) (renuencia) reluctance

con reticencia — reluctantly

b) (reserva) reticence

a pesar de su reticencia inicial, ... — despite his initial reticence, ...

c) (indirecta) hint, insinuation

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= reluctance, reticence.

Ex: Other barriers such as language and professional reluctance to cooperate internationally cannot be changed by legislation.

Ex: This reticence was not restricted to librarians.

* sentir reticencia hacia = recoil.

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reticencia

feminine

1 (renuencia) reluctance

lo firmé con cierta reticencia I signed it a little reluctantly

su reticencia a creerme es comprensible your reluctance to believe me is understandable

su reticencia a reconocer que se había equivocado her reluctance o unwillingness to admit that she had made a mistake

a pesar de su reticencia inicial, finalmente nos lo contó todo despite his initial reticence o caginess, he told us everything in the end

2 (indirecta) hint, insinuation

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reticencia sustantivo femenino

a) (renuencia) reluctance;

◊ con reticencia reluctantly

b) (reserva) reticence

reticencia sustantivo femenino
1 (para hacer algo) reticence, reluctance: le dejó ir a la fiesta con muchas reticencias, he very reluctantly let her go to the party
2 (al hablar) hint, insinuation
'reticencia' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
resistir
English:
reticence

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reticencia nf

1. [resistencia] reluctance;

con reticencias reluctantly;

aceptó el puesto, pero con muchas reticencias he accepted the post, albeit with a great deal of reluctance o very reluctantly;

tengo algunas reticencias I have some reservations

2. [insinuación] insinuation

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reticencia

f

1 reticence;

sin reticencias without hesitation

2 (indirecta)

:

hablar con reticencias insinuate things

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reticencia nf

1) : reluctance, reticence

2) : insinuation