honest

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honesto

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honest
[ˈɒnɪst]
adjetivo
1honrado(a) (trustworthy); sincero(a) (truthful)
  • he has an honest face -> tiene aspecto de honrado
  • the honest truth -> la pura verdad
  • I don't think he was being honest with me -> creo que no me estaba diciendo la verdad
  • to be honest, I don't know -> la verdad es que no lo sé
  • to earn an honest living -> ganarse honradamente la vida
  • to make an honest woman of somebody (especialmente humorístico) -> llevar a alguien al altar (marry)

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honest [o-nist]
adjetivo
1Honrado, recto, justo (honorable).
2Honesto, casto, recatado (pure, decent).
  • A downright honest man -> hombre de bien a carta cabal
3Sincero, íntegro; fiel; leal, equitativo.
  • An honest judge -> un juez íntegro
  • An honest confession -> una confesión sincera
  • Honest people -> gente honrada
  • Honest dealin -> proceder leal, buena fe

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honest [ˈɒnɪst]
adjective
1 (frank) sincero
to be (perfectly) honest ... para ser (totalmente) sincero franco ...;or
I don't really know to be honest... To be (perfectly) honest, I've never set foot in a nightclub.
to be honest about sthabout ser sincero franco con respecto a algo;or
I'd like your honest opinionopinion me gustaría que me dieras tu sincera opinión
that's the honest truthtruth eso es la pura verdad
I'll tell you the honest truth
to be (perfectly) honest with youwith para serle sincero franco;or si quiere que le diga la verdad
I'll be honest with you voy a serte sincero; you haven't been honest with us no has sido sincero con nosotros
be honest with yourselfyourself sé sincero contigo mismo
You must be brutally honest with yourself
to make an honest woman of sb
he finally made an honest woman of her (humorous) al final hizo lo que Dios manda y se casó con ella
He had seduced a girl only once in his life, and he made an honest woman of her later.
2 (trustworthy, law-abiding) [+person] honrado; honesto
he's very honest in money matters es muy honrado honesto en lo que respecta al dinero;or he hasn't done an honest day's work in his life no ha trabajado honradamente en su vida
to make an honest livingliving ganarse la vida honradamente
she managed to make an honest living selling hand-made jewellery
by honest meansmeans de forma honrada
she was not sure whether the money had been obtained by honest means
it was an honest mistakemistake no fue un error deliberado
If it was an honest mistake, why hadn't someone admitted doing it?
to earn an honest penny crustor ganarse el pan honradamente
3 (genuine) sencillo
good, honest country cooking cocina rústica buena y sencilla
adverb
(informal) de verdad
I didn't know about it, honest no lo sabía, de verdad; de verdad que no lo sabía
It's true as I'm sitting here, Mabel, honest it is
honest to God goodnessor palabra (de honor); te lo juro; honest injun (informal) (old-fashioned) palabra; ¡por estas!
honest injun. You didn't miss a thing
modifier
honest broker (n) (Britain) especially (Pol) mediadoramediadora;a mediadora (m) (f)

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