tímido

tímido
adj.
1 timid, shy, fearful, bashful.
2 shy, bashful.
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tímido
► adjetivo
1 shy, timid
2 figurado (intento etc) half-hearted
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(f. - tímida)
adj.
shy
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ADJ shy, timid
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-da adjetivo (retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
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= timid, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], self-conscious, coy, tongue-tied, bashful, mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.], timorous.
Ex. We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.
Ex. One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
Ex. The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
Ex. Although it is coy about admitting the fact it is only mentioned twice in the whole of the thirty pages of publicity material it is in effect a generalized and modernized Thesaurofacet: a facetted classification with a thesaurus structure forming an integral part.
Ex. The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
Ex. The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
Ex. Sora fits the stereotypical description of a 'mousy girl' perfectly, from her appearance to her personality.
Ex. Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.
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-da adjetivo (retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
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= timid, shy [shier/shyer -comp., shiest/shyest -sup.], self-conscious, coy, tongue-tied, bashful, mousy [mousier -comp., mousiest -sup.], timorous.

Ex: We will not accomplish that by being timid or by giving our profession a fresh coat of paint.

Ex: One is the written word, letters to LC, and no one is particularly shy on that score nor should be.
Ex: The girls were wary, nervously self-conscious, quite unable to behave in a natural and relaxed way.
Ex: Although it is coy about admitting the fact it is only mentioned twice in the whole of the thirty pages of publicity material it is in effect a generalized and modernized Thesaurofacet: a facetted classification with a thesaurus structure forming an integral part.
Ex: The picture he presents is of an intelligent, well-meaning, but tongue-tied monarch, whom he dubs Louis the silent.
Ex: The book follows Philip's development from a bashful teenager to a more self-assured, but tortured, adult, and finally to a pathetic old man, who often suffered from long bouts of debilitating depression.
Ex: Sora fits the stereotypical description of a 'mousy girl' perfectly, from her appearance to her personality.
Ex: Even on his pet subject of mathematics, Wilson is a timorous exegete.

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tímido -da
adjective
(retraído) shy; (falto de decisión, coraje) timid
es muy tímido, no le gustan estas reuniones he's very shy, he doesn't like these meetings
no seas tímido, pregúntale don't be shy o timid, ask her
una sonrisa tímida a shy o timid smile
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tímido
◊ -da adjetivo (retraído) shy;


(falto de decisión, coraje) timid
tímido,-a
I adj (vergonzoso) shy
fig (reacción) una tímida acogida, a tepid o lukewarm welcome
II sustantivo masculino y femenino shy person
'tímido' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
cerrada
- cerrado
- cortada
- cortado
- dejarse
- fachada
- ruborizarse
- tímida
- chupado
- cohibido
- esquivo
- vergonzoso
English:
bashful
- coy
- diffident
- mousy
- naturally
- self-conscious
- shy
- small
- timid
- wallflower
- self
- tongue
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tímido, -a
♦ adj
1. [vergonzoso] shy
2. [vacilante] timid
♦ nm,f
shy person;
ser un tímido to be shy
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tímido
adj shy, timid
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tímido, -da adj
: timid, shy
♦ tímidamente adv
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tímido adj shy [comp. shier o shyer; superl. shiest o shyest]

Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.

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