- desenvoltura
- f.1 ease.2 fluency with words, free and easy manner, fluency, ease with words.3 savoir-faire.* * *desenvoltura► nombre femenino1 figurado (soltura) confidence, assurance2 figurado (gracia) grace, ease3 figurado (atrevimiento) boldness, forwardness* * *SF1) (=facilidad) [al moverse] ease; [al hablar] fluency2) (=falta de timidez) confidence, self-confidence3) pey (=desparpajo) forwardness, brazenness* * *femenino
se maneja con desenvoltura — she conducts herself in a relaxed and natural manner
respondió con mucha desenvoltura a las preguntas — he replied to the questions with great self-assurance
* * *femeninose maneja con desenvoltura — she conducts herself in a relaxed and natural manner
respondió con mucha desenvoltura a las preguntas — he replied to the questions with great self-assurance
* * *desenvolturafemininese maneja con desenvoltura en todo tipo de ambientes she conducts herself in a relaxed and natural manner in any sort of environment, she's at ease in any sort of environmentrespondió con mucha desenvoltura a las preguntas de los periodistas he replied to the journalists' questions with great self-assurance o very confidently* * *
desenvoltura sustantivo femenino
self-assurance
desenvoltura sustantivo femenino ease, confidence
'desenvoltura' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
desparpajo
- naturalidad
- soltarse
- cancha
- garbo
English:
nerve
- poise
- savoir-faire
* * *desenvoltura nf[al moverse, comportarse] ease; [al hablar] fluency;ya nada con mucha desenvoltura she can already swim with great ease;me manejo en mi nuevo trabajo con mucha desenvoltura I'm getting along fine in my new job;tiene bastante desenvoltura con el inglés he speaks English quite fluently;les sorprendió su desenvoltura ante el auditorio they were surprised by how at ease he was in front of the audience* * *desenvolturaf ease* * *desenvoltura nf1) desenfado: confidence, self-assurance2) elocuencia: eloquence, fluency
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.