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BE SHY

Modern Translation: BE SHY

Language Translations for "BE SHY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

jam modest, druhem (boggle, dither, doubt, dread), druaj (apprehend, doubt, dread, fear). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

стеснявам се (be timid, be unsociable). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

(accustomed to, blush). (various references)

   

Czech

  

být ostýchavý. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

ujostella (feel embarrassed), arkailla (be overcautious, be timid, hesitate), aristella (be timid, shirk), aristaa (be timid, shirk). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

להחבא אל הכלים (efface oneself, keep in the background). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

félénk (sheepish, timid, bashful, coy, diffident, faint-hearted, shy, timorous). (various references)

   

Italian

  

vergognarsi (be ashamed, feel ashamed). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

恥ずかしがる (to be abashed, to be bashful, to be shy of, to blush). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

こわがる (to be afraid of, to be nervous, to be shy, to dread, to fear), はずかしがる (to be abashed, to be bashful, to be shy of, to blush), はにかむ (to be bashful, to be shy), てれる (to be shy, to feel awkward). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ebay yshay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

acanhar-se. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

стесняться (hesitate, scruple), дичиться (be unsociable). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

biti stidljiv (be timid), stideti se. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

känna sig skygg. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

utanmak (be ashamed, be ashamed of, blush, blush with shame, feel shame at, feel small, look small). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

utanmak (ashamed of), яygrylmak (shrink, waver). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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