bondad goodness, kindness
¿Tendría la bondad de cerrar la puerta?
Would you be so kind good as to close the door?
Note how the preposition de is used here.
Tengan la bondad de no fumar. (This is very formal language.)
Kindly refrain from smoking.
Tenga la bondad de pasar. (very polite)
Please be so kind as to come in.
Tuvo la bondad de llamarme.
He was kind enough to call me.
When speaking of the weather, bondad can also mean mildness.
bondadoso kind, kindhearted, kindly
bondadosamente kindly, kindheartedly
bondad (RAE)
Etimología de la palabra bondad.
confiado trusting
Están muy confiados en que vamos a llevarlos.
They are convinced that we are going to take them.
In this sense, confiados means sure.
Está confiada en que podrá cocinarlo.
She's confident that she will be able to cook it.
Note how the conjunction que is used here.
No estén tan confiados.
Don't get over-confident.
Con lo confiado que es le van a engañar muchas veces.
He's such an unsuspecting person that he'll often be misled.
This sentence demonstrates the use of the third person plural in Spanish to represent the figurative they. The literal translation would be He's such an unsuspecting person that they are going to mislead him many times. The practical translation for this common construction is He's such an unsuspecting person that he'll often be misled. Also observe from the previous two examples that the meaning of confiado, confident or trusting, must at times be contextually inferred.
soldadito toy soldiers
soldadito de plomo tin soldier
Quiz: Write the definition(s) for the following vocabulary words. Click the links for answers from WordReference:
amarillento
anudar
asomar
confiar
estremecerse
extrañeza
gorrión
harapo
pañuelo
piar
plomo
reja
sepultura
sien
soldado
soldar
travieso
