"shy" in seven languages
Meaningshy
Spanish
tímido
/ˈtimido/
learned
French
timide
/timid/
learned
Italian
timido
/ˈtimido/
learned
Portuguese
tímido
/ˈtʃimidu/
learned
Romanian
timid
/tiˈmid/
learned
Catalan
tímid
/ˈtimit/
learned
English
shy
/ʃaɪ/
native English · Old English scēoh
English → ItalianshytimidoNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: timid, intimidate.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
TIMIDUM‘fearful (TIMĒRE 'to fear')’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A book word in all six sisters, which is why it barely differs: TIMIDUS 'fearful', from TIMĒRE (Spanish temer). English has the same word as timid, but uses native shy for the everyday sense.
English relatives: timid, intimidate
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In a sentence
- esMi hermano es muy tímido.
- frMon frère est très timide.
- itMio fratello è molto timido.
- ptMeu irmão é muito tímido.
- roFratele meu e foarte timid.
- caEl meu germà és molt tímid.
- enMy brother is very shy.