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English-Galician CLUVI Dictionary, 2nd edition (revised version 2.2)

(Based on the CLUVI Corpus of the University of Vigo)



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- resort, resound, resounding, resoundingly, resource, resourceful, resourcefulness, respect, respectability, respectable, respectful, respectfully, respecting, respective, respectively, respirator, respiratory, respite, resplendent


respectable


- adjective
- respectable, · respectábel

EN The directory which fell into her hands was a year or more old, however, and upon reaching the number indicated, Edna discovered that the house was occupied by a respectable family of mulattoes who had chambres garnies to let.
GL A guía que lle caeu nas mans tiña máis dun ano. Cando chegou ó número indicado, Edna descubriu que a casa estaba ocupada por unha respectable familia de mulatos que alugaban chambres garnies.
- Fonte: ESP (1598)
- decente

EN It eased the conscience of many small men to feel that they were working for an employer: they were almost as respectable soon in their own eyes as wage-earners; they were one of a group, and if there was guilt, the leaders bore the guilt.
GL A sensación de que traballaban para outros acalaba a conciencia de moitos homes mesquiños: na súa opinión, eran tan decentes como outro asalariado calquera; formaban parte dunha empresa e, se había algún culpable, serían os seus xefes.
- Fonte: TER (1552)
- honrado

EN I cannot remember the hour when I did not love Bertha; we had been neighbours and playmates from infancy --her parents, like mine, were of humble life, yet respectable-- our attachment had been a source of pleasure to them.
GL Non recordo o tempo no que non amaba a Bertha: foramos veciños e compañeiros de xogos desde nenos; os seus pais, coma os meus, eran de condición humilde pero honrados, e o noso amor era fonte de alegría para eles.
- Fonte: MOR (33)