kväsa — meaning in English
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English meaning
- humble adjective Not proud or arrogant; modest about one's own importance or abilities.
Senses
kväsa is used for these senses in English:
- humble (transitive, often, reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
- shut up (ergative, derogatory, often imperative) Of a person, to stop talking (said by someone, often one in authority, after one has said something annoying, irrelevant, or false, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk) or arguing, or (of a person or thing) making noise.
humble — full definition
- adjective Not proud or arrogant; modest about one's own importance or abilities.
- adjective Plain, modest, or low in rank or status.
- verb To make someone less proud, or to lower their status or confidence.