Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: re‧ca‧ta‧do

Adjective edit

recatado (feminine recatada, masculine plural recatados, feminine plural recatadas)

  1. reserved; bashful
  2. modest; simple
  3. circumspect; prudent

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From recatar (to hide).

Adjective edit

recatado (feminine recatada, masculine plural recatados, feminine plural recatadas)

  1. demure, coy, bashful (person)
    Synonyms: pudorosa, modesta
  2. modest; prudent (clothing or style)
    ropa recatadamodest clothes
    • 2015, Luis Pancorbo, Año Nuevo en Sudán:
      Voy en una fila de tres butacas y en mi lado si sienta una monja, aunque su hábito sea más bien un vestido recatado.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms edit

Participle edit

recatado (feminine recatada, masculine plural recatados, feminine plural recatadas)

  1. past participle of recatar

Further reading edit