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Meaning of shy of something in English. shy of something. idiom. Add to word list. to lack something: The bill was four votes shy of a majority. (Definition of shy of something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Browse. shuttled. shuttling. shy away from something. shy of something idiom.
Spanish: en poco menos de. Forum discussions with the word (s) "shy of" in the title: a few months shy of five years. For a penny shy of... He's one brick shy of a load. just shy of a boil. lack of/shy of. Nonsense is shy of success, even of its own; one point shy of. shy of a deck. shy of a week. shy of the best. shy of useless.
frase. (= short of) we’re $65,000 shy of the $1 million that’s needed nos faltan 65.000 dólares para el millón de dólares que se necesitan. he’s two months shy of 70 le faltan dos meses para cumplir 70 años. he passed away two days shy of his 95th birthday murió a dos días de cumplir los 95 años. See full dictionary entry for shy below.
Hace 2 días · Definition of 'shy of' shy of. phrase. A number or amount that is just shy of another number or amount is just under it. ...a high-school dropout rate just shy of 53%. He died two days shy of his 95th birthday. See full dictionary entry for shy. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
shy adj (timid) tímido/a adj : vergonzoso/a adj : penosa adj : The girl was so shy that she would hide behind her mother's legs when someone talked to her. La niña era tan tímida que se escondía detrás de la pierna de su mamá cuando alguien le hablaba. be shy vi + adj (wary) no estar seguro loc verb : estar preocupado loc verb
shy of - Spanish translation – Linguee. shy adj — adj. ·. asustadizo adj. ·. apocado adj. ·. retraído adj. ·. cohibido adj. ·. timorato adj. of prep — por prep. ·. de prep. ·. a causa de prep. See alternative translations. © Linguee Dictionary, 2024. External sources (not reviewed)
B1. shyer | shyest. nervous and uncomfortable with other people. tímido. He was too shy to ask her to dance with him. Era demasiado tímido para pedirle bailar con él. She gave a shy smile. Children are often shy of/with people they don't know. Los niños suelen ser tímidos con la gente que no conocen.
