respectful

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/rɪˈspɛktfʊl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/rɪˈspɛktfəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ri spekt′fəl)

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respectful adj (person: showing, feeling respect)respetuoso/a adj
 The children never learned to be respectful towards their elders.
 Los niños nunca aprendieron a ser respetuosos con sus mayores.
respectful adj (gesture, act: showing respect)respetuoso/a adj
 The TV audience kept a respectful silence while the woman spoke of her grief.
 La audiencia mantuvo un respetuoso silencio mientras la mujer hablaba de su pena.
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'respectful' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
deferential - polite - reverent - reverential
Spanish:
deferente - respetuoso

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Collocations: a respectful [boy, girl, child, student], be respectful to your [parents, teacher, elders], be respectful [when, while], more...

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