Meanings (ES + gloss)
tímido
Easily frightened; timid.
The horses of the army, and those of the royal stables, having been daily led before me, were no longer shy, but would come up to my very feet without starting.
reservado
Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.
Graham Norton: But the people coming up to you now, like the Americans, well, you know, the Americans, they're not shy, the Americans. / Maggie Smith: No. Well, no but I don't go a…
He is very shy with strangers.
tímido
Cautious; wary; suspicious.
Princes are, by wisdom of state, somewhat shy of their successors.
We grant, although he had much wit, / H' was very shy of using it; / As being loth to wear it out, / And therefore bore it not about,
vergonzoso
Embarrassed.
Phrases
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