Polyglot Dictionary

modéstia

/moˈdɛstʃjɐ/

a noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
as modéstias

Meaning

  1. modesty

    • Tem modéstia.

      He is modest.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

pudor

pudor is more about modesty regarding one's body; modéstia is more about humility in general — both mean "modesty."

Similar in other languages

German

Bescheidenheit

Bescheidenheit is the German word for the same thing — both mean "modesty."

Spanish

modestia

modestia is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "modesty."

Spanish

pudor

pudor is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "modesty."

Practice

1 What does modéstia mean?

2 Fill the gap: Tem ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches modéstia?

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