modesto

Inherited from Spanish modesto.

modesto

1. modest

From Latin modestus.

modesto (feminine modesta, masculine plural modestos, feminine plural modestas)

1. modest; humble (not bragging or boasting about oneself)
2. modest (small or inexpensive)

• modestamente

• modestia

• “modesto”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

From Latin modestus.

• IPA^(key): /moˈdɛ.sto/
• Rhymes: -ɛsto
• Hyphenation: mo‧dè‧sto

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modesto (feminine modesta, masculine plural modesti, feminine plural modeste, superlative modestissimo)

1. modest, unpretentious, plain, unassuming, reserved, humble

   Synonyms: riservato, semplice, umile

2. small, slight, scant

   Synonyms: piccolo, scarso

• modestamente

• modestia

modestō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of modestus

Learned borrowing from Latin modestus.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛstu, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ɛʃtu
• Hyphenation: mo‧des‧to

modesto (feminine modesta, masculine plural modestos, feminine plural modestas)

1. modest; humble (not bragging or boasting about oneself)
2. modest (small or inexpensive)

• modestamente

• modéstia

• “modesto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Latin modestus.

• IPA^(key): /moˈdesto/ [moˈð̞es.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -esto
• Syllabification: mo‧des‧to

modesto (feminine modesta, masculine plural modestos, feminine plural modestas, superlative modestísimo)

1. modest, humble, unpretentious

   Synonyms: pudoroso, púdico

• “modesto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014