recatado

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: re‧ca‧ta‧do

Adjective

recatado (feminine recatada, masculine plural recatados, feminine plural recatadas)

  1. reserved; bashful
  2. modest; simple
  3. circumspect; prudent

Spanish

Etymology

From recatar (to hide) +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rekaˈtado/
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: re‧ca‧ta‧do

Adjective

recatado (feminine recatada, masculine plural recatados, feminine plural recatadas)

  1. demure, coy, bashful (person)
    Synonyms: pudoroso, modesto
  2. modest; prudent (clothing or style)
    Synonym: prudente
    ropa recatadamodest clothes
    • 2015, Luis Pancorbo, Año Nuevo en Sudán:
      Voy en una fila de tres butacas y en mi lado si sienta una monja, aunque su hábito sea más bien un vestido recatado.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Participle

recatado (feminine recatada, masculine plural recatados, feminine plural recatadas)

  1. past participle of recatar

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