recatado

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Portuguese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: re‧ca‧ta‧do

Adjective[edit]

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

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

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From recatar (to hide).

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. demure, coy, bashful (person)
    Synonyms: pudorosa, modesta
  2. modest; prudent (clothing or style)
    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[edit]

Participle[edit]

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

  1. past participle of recatar

Further reading[edit]