blate

• Adjetivo anticuado que significa tímido, vergonzoso o recatado en el comportamiento.

An obsolete adjective meaning bashful, timid, or shy in manner.

1. Bashful or shyC2informalbritish

   Disposed to avoid notice; timid or bashful in manner.

   Tímido o vergonzoso

   • The blate child hid behind his mother's skirt.
   • He was too blate to speak up during the meeting.
   • Her blate demeanor made her seem unfriendly to strangers.

   Sinónimosbashfulcoydiffidentmeekreservedretiringshytimid

   Antónimosaudaciousboldbrazenforwardimmodestshameless

• Verbo obsoleto que significa balar, gritar o emitir un sonido similar al de una oveja o un ternero; también se usa en sentido figurado para referirse a charla sin sentido o habla tonta.

An obsolete verb meaning to bleat, cry, or make a noise like a sheep or calf; also used figuratively to mean to babble or talk foolishly.

1. Cry plaintivelyC2informalbritish

   To make a soft, mournful, or plaintive cry, like a sheep or lamb.

   balar

   • The lamb blated softly in the field.
   • She could hear the sheep blating in the distance.
   • The lost calf blated for its mother.

   Sinónimosblatbleat