bold

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbəʊld/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/boʊld/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bōld)

Inflections of 'bold' (adj):
bolder
adj comparative
boldest
adj superlative
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
bold adj (courageous, daring)valiente adj mf
  audaz adj mf
 That was bold of you to go into the burning house to save the cat.
 Fuiste muy valiente al entrar a esa casa en llamas para salvar al gato.
bold adj (audacious, impudent)atrevido/a adj
  osado/a adj
 The bold child loudly contradicted the teacher.
 Ese chico atrevido contradijo a su maestro a viva voz.
bold adj (typography: thick)negrita adj
  negrilla adj
 The bold type called attention to the words.
 La letra negrita atraía la atención.
bold adj (color: strong)intenso/a adj
  llamativo/a adj
 The bold colours really show up well against a pale background.
 Los colores intensos se ven realmente bien contra el fondo pálido.
bold n (typography: bold font)negrita nf
  negrilla nf
  letra negrita nf + adj
  letra negrilla nf + adj
 He put the important words in bold.
 Resaltó las palabras importantes poniéndolas en negrita.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.
Additional Translations
InglésEspañol
bold adj (imaginative)imaginativo/a adj
 The poet used bold imagery. The poet wrote with bold imagery.
 El poeta usaba un simbolismo imaginativo.
bold [sth] vtr (put in bold type)poner en negrita vtr + loc adv
  poner en negrilla vtr + loc adv
 He bolded the important words for emphasis.
 Puso las palabras importantes en negrita para darles énfasis.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
bold as brass,
as bold as brass
adj
informal (daring, very confident)descarado/a adj
  sinvergüenza adj
  ni corto ni perezoso expr
bold font n (typography: thick letters)letra en negrita nf + loc adv
bold guess n (leap of faith)acto de fe loc nom m
bold-faced,
boldfaced
adj
(brazen, audacious)descarado/a adj
  desvergonzado adj
bold-faced adj (in bold font)en negrita loc adj
If I may make so bold,
If I may be so bold
v expr
formal (used before suggestion or request)si se me permite el atrevimiento expr
make bold v expr (venture, presume)animarse v prnl
  atreverse v prnl
Note: Usually followed by an infinitive.
make so bold as to do [sth],
be so bold as to do [sth]
v expr
formal (dare to do)animarse a v prnl + prep
  atreverse a v prnl + prep
so bold as to adj (daring enough to do [sth](formal)tan audaz como para loc adj
 Anna was so bold as to question her manager's decision to his face.
 Anna era tan audaz como para cuestionar la decisión de su jefe en su propia cara.
  tan descarado como para loc adj
 Anna era tan descarada como para cuestionar la decisión de su jefe en su propia cara.
  Is something important missing? Report an error or suggest an improvement.

'bold' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
Spanish:

Collocations: bold the [font, text, paragraph], [typed, wrote, printed] in bold, bold [text, type, letters, characters], more...

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