Translation for "modos-a" to english

Modos-a

adjective

• demure

Translation examples

demure adjective

—De todos modos —insistí—, Maureen está más al día que yo.
'Nevertheless,' I demurred. 'Maureen is more on the spot than I am.'

De todos modos, sería preferible que se quitara la ropa que lleva ahora, Albert. –No es grueso –remoloneó Morrison–;
- Still, you had better take off the suit you're wearing now, Albert." Morrison demurred.

A él le costaba tanto más esfuerzo imaginarse que su modos a vecina fuera la misma Marcolina por cuya ventana había visto aquella noche huir a un joven oficial, el cual, evidentemente, había estado entre sus brazos unos segundos antes, lo mismo que le resultaba difícil creer que aquella señorita delicada, a quien gustaba revolcarse por la hierba con niñas apenas adolescentes, mantuviera una correspondencia erudita con el famoso Saugrenue de París;
He found it difficult to believe that his demure neighbor was the same Marcolina from whose bedroom window he had seen a young officer emerge, a man who had obviously held her in his arms but a few moments earlier. It was equally difficult for him to realize how this tender girl, who was fond of romping on the grass with other children, could conduct a learned correspondence with Saugrenue, the renowned mathematician of Paris.