Ejemplos
Él es un hombre muy modesto.
He is a very modest man.
Soy muy modesto.
I'm very modest.
Oh, no seas tan modesto.
Oh, don't be so modest.
Ella tenía un aire modesto que tranquilizaba a todos.
She had an unassuming air that put everyone at ease.
Cuanto más viejo se hacía, más modesto se volvía.
The older he grew, the more modest he became.
Sé más modesto.
Try to be a bit more modest.
Sos demasiado modesto.
You're too modest.
En 1870, Marcelo Desnoyers tenía diez y nueve años. Había nacido en los alrededores de París. Era hijo único, y su padre, dedicado a pequeñas especulaciones de construcción, mantenía a la familia, en un modesto bienestar.
In 1870 Marcelo Desnoyers was nineteen years old. He was born in the suburbs of Paris, an only child; his father, interested in little building speculations, maintained his family in modest comfort.
A él lo había aceptado como yerno porque era de su gusto, modesto, honrado y… serio. ¡Pero ese pedigrée cantor, con todas sus soberbias!...
He had accepted him as a husband for his daughter because he was to his liking, modest, honest and serious. But this pedigree singer, with all his airs!
Y toda la familia, considerando modesto y burgués el piso de la avenida Víctor Hugo para guardar esta joya, había acordado depositarla en el castillo, respetada, inútil
and the entire family thought that the home on the avenue Victor Hugo was altogether too modest and plebeian to enshrine such a jewel. They therefore agreed to put it in the castle, where it was greatly venerated, although it was useless
