Translation for "genteelism" to spanish
Genteelism
Translation examples
Nevertheless, in Brazil, which claims to want to be republican and democratic, the citizen is still part of an elite, as a consequence of the multiple manifestations of prejudice that persist, be it under the facile cover of white silence toward blacks, the genteel word directed toward women, the condescending token change dispensed on the poor, the sentence read to the illiterate ...
Sin embargo, en el Brasil, país que quiere ser republicano y democrático, el ciudadano sigue siendo parte de una elite, como consecuencia de las múltiples formas de prejuicios que aún persisten, como puede ser la excusa cómoda del silencio de los blancos respecto de los negros, las fórmulas de gentileza en el trato con la mujer, las monedas sueltas que se dan condescendientemente al pobre, la frase que se le lee al analfabeto...
and held a little chat with him about what a pretty child it was with her, and how genteel and well–carriaged the lady, the eldest, would be: how womanish, and how grave; and the fool of a fellow told me presently who she was; that she was Sir Thomas ——'s eldest daughter, of Essex, and that she was a great fortune;
Charlé con él comentando el encanto de la niña que la acompañaba y la gentileza y elegancia de la hermana mayor, añadiendo que su seriedad la convertía ya en una mujer cita, y el muy tonto me dijo por fin que era la hija mayor de sir Thomas… de Essex, y que era poseedora de una gran fortuna;
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