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Portuguese
Pronunciation
Adjective
recatado (feminine recatada, masculine plural recatados, feminine plural recatadas)
- reserved; bashful
- modest; simple
- circumspect; prudent
Spanish
Etymology
From recatar (“to hide”).
Adjective
recatado (feminine recatada, masculine plural recatados, feminine plural recatadas)
- demure, coy, bashful (person)
- Synonyms: pudorosa, modesta
- modest; prudent (clothing or style)
- ropa recatada ― modest 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)
- past participle of recatar
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