Translation for "modesta" to english

Modesta

adjective

• modest
• inconspicuous
• demure

Translation examples

modest adjective

(Firmado) Modeste Randrianarivony
(Signed) Modeste Randrianarivony

Esas son palabras sencillas y modestas.
Those are simple and modest words.

Viviendas modestas:
∙ Modest dwellings

Son viviendas modestas.
They are modest houses.

Nuestro fin es más modesto.
Our aim is more modest.

Muchos ocupan cargos modestos.
Many held modest positions.

Son estos importes relativamente modestos.
These are relatively modest amounts.

Él es modesto.
He's modest.

- No sea modesto.
- You're modest.

Modesta en mi color, modesta en mi lugar.
Modest my color, Modest my abode

Casas modestas a precios modestos
Modest homes at modest prices

Prendas modestas para mujeres y hombres modestos.
Modest garments for modest men and women!

- Ella es modesta.
- She's modest.

Es tan modesto.
He's so modest.

-¡Hazte el modesto!
-Don't act modest!

Tal vez fuese modesta, pero "modesto"
Maybe modest, but “modest”

Un recuerdo modesto para una mujer modesta.
A modest memorial, for a modest woman.

—¿También eres modesto?
“And modest, too?”

—Oh… oh, eso es por lo… modesto que soy… —¿Usted modesto?
—Oh, oh that’s my . . . being modest . . . —You being modest?

—Estás siendo modesta.
"You're being modest.

Pero él era muy modesto.
But he was so modest.

Era modesto pero confortable.
It was modest but comfortable.

Pero por modesta que sea, esto es una sinagoga.
But modest as it is, this is a synagogue.

No era un asunto modesto.
It was no modest affair.

Peligrosamente modesto.
Dangerously modest.

inconspicuous adjective

Este enigma nunca será resuelto, porque no hay una persona viva Que pueda adivinar el delicado significado Detrás de este desconocido, monosilábico y modesto Kraus
This riddle will never be understood because there isn't a single person alive... who will guess that there is some delicate meaning... behind this name, this... monosyllabic, inconspicuous Kraus.

Él a cambio, lo que quiere es un pequeño y modesto sello
He in turn needs a small and inconspicuous stamp

A pesar de su modesta jerarquía, Brusilov era un mensajero personal de Stalin.
Despite his inconspicuous rank, he was a personal courier of Stalin.

Después de un discreto lapso durante el cual gozaban de la hospitalidad del consulado, se retiraban a un hotel modesto y ejecutaban su tarea de espionaje.
After a proper length of time spent enjoying the Consulate’s hospitality, they then retired to an inconspicuous hotel and went about their business of espionage.

La niebla era ya muy espesa cuando Karen alcanzó la bifurcación, pero aún así, percibió el pequeño y modesto letrero sobre una tabla blanca que proclamaba CARRETERA PARTICULAR, y torció hacia la ruta de grava que serpenteaba entre los corpulentos árboles.
The fog was quite thick by the time Karen reached the fork, but she recognized the small, inconspicuous white board sign, lettered Private Road, and turned her wheels to the graveled surface snaking through tall trees.

demure adjective

Siempre ha parecido tan... modesto y acobardado.
He always seemed so... demure and cowed.

Verás. Modesta y servicial, esa soy yo.
Demure and accommodating, that's me.

con un modesto revoloteo de gestos de restaurante,
with a demure flutter of restaurant semaphore

Demasiado tarde para ir de modesta.
Too late to start acting demure.

Te enseñaré a ser más modesta con tu hombre.
I'm gonna have to teach you a lesson about being demure for your man.

Me miraba con aire modesto y meritorio.
Looking at me with a demure, meritorious air.

¿Era esa la joven modesta y recatada con quién se había casado?
Could this be the demure girl he had married?

Respondí de la forma más modesta y evasiva que pude.
I answered as demurely and non-committally as I could.

La sonrisa de Cairo fue modesta, pero no denotó alarma alguna.
Cairo's smile was demure and not in any way alarmed.

—Certainement, Mademoiselle Dupont —contestó con voz modesta.
'Certainement, Mam'zelle Dupont,' answered Suzanne, in a demure voice.

Era un excelente muchacho, modesto y afable como una paloma, que había sido educado en un convento.
He was a fine young fellow, seemly and demure as a dove. He had been educated in a convent.