recatado

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: re‧ca‧ta‧do

Adjective

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

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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From recatar (to hide) +‎ -ado.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rekaˈtado/ [re.kaˈt̪a.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ado
  • Syllabification: re‧ca‧ta‧do

Adjective

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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

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Participle

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

  1. past participle of recatar

Further reading

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