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Italian
Adjective
timorato (feminine timorata, masculine plural timorati, feminine plural timorate)
- conscientious
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Latin
Adjective
timōrātō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of timōrātus
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin timōrātus (“God-fearing”).
Adjective
timorato (feminine timorata, masculine plural timoratos, feminine plural timoratas)
- shy; weak-willed
1999, Pascal Quignard, El Odio a la Musica: Diez Pequenos Tratados:En Roma se consideraba que los ciervos eran animales timoratos, indignos de los senadores (que preferían los jabalíes), porque huían al ser atacados y supuestamente adoraban la música- In Rome, deer were considered to be shy animals, unworthy of the senators (who preferred boars), because they fled when attacked and apparently loved music
- prudish
- god-fearing
1882, José Zorrilla, La leyenda del Cid:Llegó el enviado apostólico
a Burgos; muy reverente
le recibió el Rey, y el Nuncio
le mostró mucho copete.
Temblaron los timoratos,
se ofendieron los prudentes,
indignáronse los nobles:- The apostolic dispatch arrived
to Burgos; very reverently
it received the King, and the Nuncio
showed him much quiff.
The god-fearers shook,
the prudent ones were offended,
the nobles were indignated:
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