honest

honesto

honest(a-nihst)

adjective

1. (trustworthy)

a. honesto

You can count on him. He's an honest worker.

Puedes contar con él; es un trabajador honesto.

b. honrado

I'm just trying to make an honest living.

Solo trato de ganarme la vida de forma honrada.

2. (sincere)

a. sincero

Be honest and tell me the truth.

Sé sincero y cuéntame la verdad.

b. franco

To be honest with you, this is not what I expected.

Para ser franco contigo, esto no era lo que esperaba.

3. (genuine)

a. sencillo

It was an honest gift made with love.

Era un regalo sencillo hecho con amor.

interjection

4. (really)

a. de verdad

I didn't take it, honest.

De verdad que yo no me lo llevé.

honest

adjective

1. (trustworthy)

a. honrado(a)

2. (truthful)

a. sincero(a)

he has an honest facetiene aspecto de honrado

the honest truthla pura verdad

I don't think he was being honest with mecreo que no me estaba diciendo la verdad

to be honest, I don't knowla verdad es que no lo sé

to earn an honest livingganarse honradamente la vida

3. (esp hum)

a.

to make an honest woman of somebodyllevar a alguien al altar

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honest [ˈɒnɪst]

adjective

1 (frank) sincero

to be (perfectly) honest ... para ser (totalmente) sincero or franco ...

I don't really know to be honest... To be (perfectly) honest, I've never set foot in a nightclub.

to be honest about sth ser sincero or franco con respecto a algo

I'd like your honest opinion me gustaría que me dieras tu sincera opinión

that's the honest truth eso es la pura verdad

I'll tell you the honest truth

to be (perfectly) honest with you para serle sincero or franco; 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 yourself 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 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 or honesto en lo que respecta al dinero; he hasn't done an honest day's work in his life no ha trabajado honradamente en su vida

to make an honest living ganarse la vida honradamente

she managed to make an honest living selling hand-made jewellery

by honest means de forma honrada

she was not sure whether the money had been obtained by honest means

it was an honest mistake no fue un error deliberado

If it was an honest mistake, why hadn't someone admitted doing it?

to earn an honest penny or crust ganarse el pan honradamente

3 (genuine) sencillo

good, honest country cooking cocina rústica buena y sencilla

adverb

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 or goodness palabra (de honor); te lo juro; honest injun palabra; ¡por estas!

honest injun. You didn't miss a thing

modifier

honest broker (n) (Britain) especially (Pol) mediadoramediadora (m) (f);a mediadora