nobre

nobre m or f (plural nobres)

1. noble

• nobremente

• “nobre” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

From Old Portuguese nobre, from Latin nōbilis (“noble”), from nōscō (“to know; to recognise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-.

• Hyphenation: no‧bre

nobre m or f (plural nobres)

1. noble (pertaining to nobility)

   Minha família tem sangue nobre.

   My family has noble blood.

   Synonyms: aristocrático, cortês, fidalgo

2. noble; honorable; virtuous (morally good)

   Aquela doação foi um ato bastante nobre.

   That donation was quite a noble act.

3. Synonyms: digno, honorável, virtuoso, magnânimo, benevolente
4. high-end; high-quality; prized (having exceptionally high quality)
   1. (carpentry, of wood) dense and resistant

      Não tive dinheiro para construir a escadaria de madeira nobre, então usei pinho.

      I didn’t have money to build the staircase with prized wood, so I used pine.

   2. (cooking, of fish) having few or no bones in its meat

      O atum é um peixe nobre.

      Tuna is a boneless fish.

   3. (of a neighbourhood or establishment) upper-class; wealthy

      Esse é o bairro mais nobre da cidade.

      This is the wealthiest neighbourhood in town.

      Synonyms: rico, burguês

nobre m or f by sense (plural nobres)

1. noble; aristocrat (member of nobility)

   Synonyms: fidalgo, aristocrata