Translation for "uncouthness" to spanish
Uncouthness
Translation examples
He had some uncouthness, some natural self-possession of the Brangwens, that made him at home there.
Tenía algo de la tosquedad y la seguridad innata de los Brangwen, y parecía sentirse como en su propia casa.
Not for George the self-confident uncouthness of John Treneglos, who traced his ancestry back to Robert, Count of Mortain.
George no demostraba la tosquedad segura de sí misma de John Treneglos, cuyos antepasados se remontaban a Robert, conde Mortain.
No more did her mother speak of his uncouthness or of his other defects after that day when, remaining in a genuflectory position, she had sobbed out everything to her heart's content, her cheek pressed against the arm of the chair.
Su madre no volvió a aludir ni a su tosquedad ni a sus otros defectos desde el día en que, de rodillas, había llorado hasta descargar su corazón, con la mejilla apoyada en el brazo de un sillón.
She wanted to make his acquaintance, talk Russian — so attractive did he seem to her with his uncouthness, his gloominess and his low turndown collar which for some reason made him look like a musician — and she was pleased that he did not take any notice of her and seek an excuse to talk to her, as did all the other single men in the hotel.
Ella deseaba conocerle, hablar con él en ruso, tan atractivos le parecían su tosquedad, su melancolía y su cuello vuelto, que por alguna razón le daban aspecto de músico, y le agradaba que él no le hiciera el menor caso ni buscara ningún pretexto para hablar con ella, como acostumbraban hacer todos los hombres solteros del hotel. No era precisamente bonita;
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