| Principal Translations |
honor (US),
honour (UK) n | (honesty, integrity) | honradez, integridad nf |
| | The community knew him as a man of honor. |
| | La comunidad lo conocía por su honradez (or: integridad). |
honor (US),
honour (UK) n | (privilege) (privilegio) | honor nm |
| | She had the honour of leading the parade. |
| | Ella tuvo el honor de encabezar el desfile. |
honor (US),
honour (UK) n | (virtue) | honor nm |
| | | honra nf |
| | The squire would have violated the young woman's honour, had her father not returned. |
| | Si su padre no hubiese vuelto, el galán hubiera violado el honor de la joven. |
honor (US),
honour (UK) n | (award) | condecoración, distinción nf |
| | The honour was conferred by the Queen. |
| | La condecoración (or: distinción) se la concedió la reina. |
honor (US),
honour (UK) n | (esteem, glory) (en plural) | honores nmpl |
| | The fireman won great honor for his bravery. |
| | El bombero obtuvo muchos honores por su valentía. |
honor [sb/sth] (US),
honour [sb/sth] (UK)⇒ vtr | (show respect) | honrar a vtr + prep |
| | The university honoured the professor because of his groundbreaking research. |
| | La universidad honró al profesor por su descubrimiento. |
honor [sb/sth] with [sth] (US),
honour [sb/sth] with [sth] (UK) vtr + prep | (do [sth] to show respect) | honrar a alguien con loc verb + prep |
| | She was honored with a special dinner at the school. |
| | La honraron con una cena especial en el colegio. |
honor [sb/sth] with [sth] (US),
honour [sb/sth] with [sth] (UK) vtr + prep | (treat with honour) | honrar con vtr + prep |
| | The princess honored us with her presence. |
| | La princesa nos honró con su presencia. |
honor [sb] by doing [sth] (US),
honour [sb] by doing [sth] (UK) v expr | (treat with honour) | honrar a alguien haciendo algo loc verb |
| | The army honoured the officer by giving him a special medal for bravery. |
| | El ejército honró al oficial otorgándole una medalla especial por su valor. |
| Additional Translations |
honors (US),
honours (UK) n as adj | (harder course, degree) | licenciado adj |
| | | graduado/a adj |
| | | titulado/a adj |
| | To go into postgraduate research at this university, graduates need an honours qualification. |
honors (US),
honours (UK) npl | (high academic distinction) | matrícula de honor loc nom f |
| | My son gained honors in his business degree. |
honors (US),
honours (UK) npl | (social courtesies) | privilegio nm |
| | | honor nm |
honors (US),
honours (UK) npl | (military: ceremony showing respect) | honores nmpl |
honors (US),
honours (UK) npl | (Bridge game: highest cards) (naipe de más valor) | triunfo nm |
honor [sth] (US),
honour [sth] (UK)⇒ vtr | (revere) | respetar⇒ vtr |
| | | mostrar respeto por loc verb + prep |
| | One should honour one's national flag. |
| | Hay que respetar la bandera nacional. |
honor [sth] (US),
honour [sth] (UK) vtr | (show courtesy) | atender⇒ vtr |
| | We hope to honour all requests for advice. |
| | Esperamos poder atender todas las peticiones de ayuda. |
honor [sth] (US),
honour [sth] (UK) vtr | (uphold: promise) (una promesa, deuda) | honrar⇒ vtr |
| | Joe honoured his promise to pay for the meal. |
| | Los deudores honraron su promesa y pagaron a tiempo. |