onesto
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adjective
- honest, honourable/honorable, honorable, upright
- fair, just, decent, reasonable
- honest, chaste, virtuous
- frank, straightforward
noun
- honest person
Forms
adjective
| masculine singular | onesto |
|---|---|
| feminine | onesta |
| masculine plural | onesti |
| feminine plural | oneste |
| superlative | onestissimo |
noun
| singular | onesto |
|---|---|
| plural | onesti |
| feminine | onesta |
Used in the library
- Un meccanico onesto vale più di un'assicurazione.An honest mechanic is worth more than an insurance policy.A2Di nuovo, per favore (5) — Again, please (5) (A2)
- Il meccanico è onesto: mi ha detto che non serviva cambiare niente.The mechanic is honest: he told me nothing needed changing.A2Di nuovo, per favore (2) — Again, please (2) (A2)
- Un giudizio onesto, sul mio caffè, non l'ho mai avuto.An honest opinion about my coffee is something I've never had.A2Di nuovo, per favore (9) — Again, please (9) (A2)
- Il postino è svelto in discesa e onesto in salita.The postman is quick downhill and honest uphill.B1Di nuovo, per favore (8) — Again, please (8) (B1)
Other ways to say it
- castochaste (abstaining from immoral or unlawful sexual intercourse); chaste (having had no sexual experience)
- correttocorrect; corrected
- direttodirect, straight, immediate; addressed, intended
- equofair, just, impartial, equitable, adequate
- francofrank, candid; free (of duty)
- giustojust, right
- irreprensibilefaultless, irreproachable, unimpeachable
- onoratohonoured/honored; honorable