Significado de honour en inglés
honourhonour1 British English, honor American English /ˈɒnə $ ˈɑːnər/ noun 
Ver todas las traducciones1something that makes you proud [singular] something that makes you feel very proudalgo que te hace sentir muy orgulloso: 
Over 100 players competed for the honour of representing the county in the National Finals.Más de 100 jugadores compitieron por el honor de representar al condado en las Finales Nacionales.it is an honour to do something It is an honor to have you here, sir.Es un honor tenerle aquí, señor.2respect [uncountable] the respect that you, your family, your country etc receive from other people, which makes you feel proudel respeto que tú, tu familia, tu país, etc. reciben de otras personas, que te hace sentir orgullosohonour of He was prepared even to die in order to defend the honour of his family.Estaba dispuesto incluso a morir para defender el honor de su familia.national/family/personal etc honour For the French team, winning tomorrow’s game is a matter of national honour.Para el equipo francés, ganar el partido de mañana es una cuestión de honor nacional.3in honour of somebody/something a)in order to show how much you admire and respect someonepara mostrar cuánto admiras y respetas a alguien: The stadium was named in honour of the club’s first chairman.El estadio fue nombrado en honor al primer presidente del club.in somebody’s honour A special dinner will be held in her honour.Se celebrará una cena especial en su honor. b)to celebrate an eventpara celebrar un acontecimiento: An oak tree was planted in honour of the occasion.Se plantó un roble en conmemoración de la ocasión.4given to somebody [countable] something such as a special title or medal given to someone to show how much people respect them for what they have achievedalgo como un título especial o una medalla otorgada a alguien para mostrar cuánto la gente lo respeta por sus logros: Reverend Peters was nominated for the honour by colleagues at Walworth Methodist Church.El reverendo Peters fue nominado para el honor por sus colegas de la Iglesia Metodista de Walworth.highest honour (=most important honour)(=honor más importante) The medal is the highest honour the association can bestow (=give).La medalla es el mayor honor que la asociación puede otorgar (=conceder).5moral principles [uncountable] strong moral beliefs and standards of behaviour that make people respect and trust youfuertes convicciones morales y estándares de comportamiento que hacen que las personas te respeten y confíen en ti: My father was a man of honour and great integrity.Mi padre era un hombre de honor y gran integridad. Her actions were always guided by a deep sense of honour (=strong desire to do what is morally right).Sus acciones siempre estuvieron guiadas por un profundo sentido del honor (=fuerte deseo de hacer lo que es moralmente correcto).matter/point/question of honour (=something that you feel you must do because of your moral principles)(=algo que sientes que debes hacer por tus principios morales) It had become a point of honour not to tell him about Lori.No contarle lo de Lori se había convertido en una cuestión de honor.6at university/school a)with honours British English if you pass a university degree with honours, you pass it at a level that is higher than the most basic levelsi apruebas un título universitario with honours, lo apruebas a un nivel superior al más básico b)with honors American English if you finish high school or college with honors, you get one of the highest gradessi terminas la preparatoria o la universidad with honors, obtienes una de las calificaciones más altas c)First Class/Second Class Honours British English the highest or second highest level of degree at a British universityel nivel más alto o el segundo más alto de titulación en una universidad británica7Your/His/Her Honour used when speaking to or about a judgeusado al hablar con un juez o sobre él: No, Your Honour.No, señoría.8place of honour the seat or place which is given to the most important guest or objectel asiento o lugar asignado al invitado o al objeto más importante: The vase she gave me occupies the place of honor in my living room.El jarrón que me regaló ocupa el lugar de honor en mi sala de estar.9with full military honours if someone is buried with full military honours, there is a military ceremony at their funeralsi alguien es enterrado con plenos honores militares, se celebra una ceremonia militar en su funeral10do the honours spokenoral to pour the drinks, serve food etc at a social occasionservir las bebidas, la comida, etc. en una reunión social: Liz, would you do the honors?Liz, ¿harías los honores?11 your word of honour a very serious promise that what you are saying is trueuna promesa muy solemne de que lo que se dice es verdad: I won’t try to see you again. I give you my word of honour.No intentaré verte de nuevo. Te doy mi palabra de honor.12be an honour to somebody/something to bring admiration and respect to your country, school, family etc because of your behaviour or achievementsaportar admiración y respeto a tu país, escuela, familia, etc. gracias a tu comportamiento o logros: He’s an honour to his family and his country.Es un honor para su familia y su país.13be/feel honour bound to do something formalformal to feel that it is your moral duty to do somethingsentir que es tu deber moral hacer algo: We felt honor bound to attend their wedding.Nos sentimos en la obligación moral de asistir a su boda.14on your honour a)if you swear on your honour to do something, you promise very seriously to do itsi juras por tu honor que harás algo, prometes muy seriamente hacerlo b)old-fashionedanticuado if you are on your honour to do something, you are being trusted to do itsi estás comprometido por tu honor a hacer algo, se confía en que lo harás15the honours are even used to say that the people or teams in a competition, game etc have done as well as each other or have the same scoreusado para decir que las personas o los equipos en una competición, juego, etc. han tenido el mismo desempeño o tienen el mismo marcador16sex [uncountable] old useuso antiguo if a woman loses her honour, she has sex with a man she is not married tosi una mujer pierde su honor, ha tenido relaciones sexuales con un hombre con el que no está casada → guest of honour at guest1(1), maid of honourCOLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 1— Significado 1adjectivesadjetivosa great honour· It was a great honour to meet my hero in person.· Fue un gran honor conocer en persona a mi héroe.a rare honour (=a very special honour that is not given to many people)· Being asked to paint a portrait for the queen is a rare honour for any artist.· Que le pidan a uno pintar un retrato para la reina es un honor poco frecuente para cualquier artista.a dubious honour (=something that you are not sure that you should be proud of)· The city has the dubious honor of being the smoggiest city in the world.· La ciudad tiene el dudoso honor de ser la ciudad con más smog del mundo.a signal honour formalformal (=a great honour)· He received the signal honour of becoming an Honorary Fellow of the college.· Recibió el insigne honor de convertirse en Fellow honorario del colegio.verbsverboshave the honour formalformal· As a young man, he had the honour of meeting Winston Churchill.· De joven, tuvo el honor de conocer a Winston Churchill.do somebody the honour formalformal (=used when saying that you feel proud that someone has decided to do something)· Will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?· ¿Me haría el honor de convertirse en mi esposa?COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 2— Significado 2verbsverbosbring honour to somebody/something (=make people respect someone or something)· The bravery of these men has brought honour to their regiment.· La valentía de estos hombres ha traído honor a su regimiento.defend somebody's/something's honour (=do something to protect it when it is being attacked)· To defend his honour and his business interests, he was prepared to go to court.· Para defender su honor y sus intereses comerciales, estaba dispuesto a ir a los tribunales.save the honour of somebody/something (=stop it being lost)· Her father fought with him to save her honour.· Su padre se enfrentó con él para salvar su honor.uphold the honour of somebody/something (=defend it)· She felt duty bound to uphold the honour of her country.· Se sentía en el deber de defender el honor de su país.restore the honour of somebody/something (=make it return to its former state)· He would be forced to restore the honour of his family name.· Se vería obligado a restaurar el honor del apellido de su familia.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + honourADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVO + honournational honour· For him this is a matter of both personal and national honour.· Para él, esto es una cuestión tanto de honor personal como nacional.family honour· Refusal of a marriage offer is seen as an attack on the family honour.· El rechazo de una propuesta de matrimonio se considera un ataque al honor familiar.phrasesfrasessomebody's/something's honour is at stake (=someone may lose their honour)· French people believed that the country's honour was at stake over the incident.· Los franceses creían que el honor del país estaba en juego a causa del incidente.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 5— Significado 5phrasesfrasesa man of honour· I know Tom to be a man of honour and integrity.· Sé que Tom es un hombre de honor e integridad.a matter/point/question of honour (=something you feel you must do because of your moral beliefs)· To my mum, paying bills on time is a point of honour.· Para mi madre, pagar las facturas a tiempo es una cuestión de honor.a code of honour (=a set of moral rules, laws, or principles that people follow)· We abide by a strict military code of honor.· Nos regimos por un estricto código militar de honor.a sense of honour· Is he marrying her out of some misplaced sense of honour?· ¿Se está casando con ella por un sentido del honor fuera de lugar?somebody's word of honour (=a promise based on strong moral beliefs)· I give you my word of honour that you will not be harmed.· Le doy mi palabra de honor de que no le pasará nada.be/feel honour bound to do something (=feel that you should do something, because it is morally right or your duty to do it)· My father felt honour bound to help his sister.· Mi padre se sentía en la obligación moral de ayudar a su hermana.
Ver todas las traducciones1something that makes you proud [singular] something that makes you feel very proudalgo que te hace sentir muy orgulloso: Over 100 players competed for the honour of representing the county in the National Finals.Más de 100 jugadores compitieron por el honor de representar al condado en las Finales Nacionales.it is an honour to do something It is an honor to have you here, sir.Es un honor tenerle aquí, señor.2respect [uncountable] the respect that you, your family, your country etc receive from other people, which makes you feel proudel respeto que tú, tu familia, tu país, etc. reciben de otras personas, que te hace sentir orgullosohonour of He was prepared even to die in order to defend the honour of his family.Estaba dispuesto incluso a morir para defender el honor de su familia.national/family/personal etc honour For the French team, winning tomorrow’s game is a matter of national honour.Para el equipo francés, ganar el partido de mañana es una cuestión de honor nacional.3in honour of somebody/something a)in order to show how much you admire and respect someonepara mostrar cuánto admiras y respetas a alguien: The stadium was named in honour of the club’s first chairman.El estadio fue nombrado en honor al primer presidente del club.in somebody’s honour A special dinner will be held in her honour.Se celebrará una cena especial en su honor. b)to celebrate an eventpara celebrar un acontecimiento: An oak tree was planted in honour of the occasion.Se plantó un roble en conmemoración de la ocasión.4given to somebody [countable] something such as a special title or medal given to someone to show how much people respect them for what they have achievedalgo como un título especial o una medalla otorgada a alguien para mostrar cuánto la gente lo respeta por sus logros: Reverend Peters was nominated for the honour by colleagues at Walworth Methodist Church.El reverendo Peters fue nominado para el honor por sus colegas de la Iglesia Metodista de Walworth.highest honour (=most important honour)(=honor más importante) The medal is the highest honour the association can bestow (=give).La medalla es el mayor honor que la asociación puede otorgar (=conceder).5moral principles [uncountable] strong moral beliefs and standards of behaviour that make people respect and trust youfuertes convicciones morales y estándares de comportamiento que hacen que las personas te respeten y confíen en ti: My father was a man of honour and great integrity.Mi padre era un hombre de honor y gran integridad. Her actions were always guided by a deep sense of honour (=strong desire to do what is morally right).Sus acciones siempre estuvieron guiadas por un profundo sentido del honor (=fuerte deseo de hacer lo que es moralmente correcto).matter/point/question of honour (=something that you feel you must do because of your moral principles)(=algo que sientes que debes hacer por tus principios morales) It had become a point of honour not to tell him about Lori.No contarle lo de Lori se había convertido en una cuestión de honor.6at university/school a)with honours British English if you pass a university degree with honours, you pass it at a level that is higher than the most basic levelsi apruebas un título universitario with honours, lo apruebas a un nivel superior al más básico b)with honors American English if you finish high school or college with honors, you get one of the highest gradessi terminas la preparatoria o la universidad with honors, obtienes una de las calificaciones más altas c)First Class/Second Class Honours British English the highest or second highest level of degree at a British universityel nivel más alto o el segundo más alto de titulación en una universidad británica7Your/His/Her Honour used when speaking to or about a judgeusado al hablar con un juez o sobre él: No, Your Honour.No, señoría.8place of honour the seat or place which is given to the most important guest or objectel asiento o lugar asignado al invitado o al objeto más importante: The vase she gave me occupies the place of honor in my living room.El jarrón que me regaló ocupa el lugar de honor en mi sala de estar.9with full military honours if someone is buried with full military honours, there is a military ceremony at their funeralsi alguien es enterrado con plenos honores militares, se celebra una ceremonia militar en su funeral10do the honours spokenoral to pour the drinks, serve food etc at a social occasionservir las bebidas, la comida, etc. en una reunión social: Liz, would you do the honors?Liz, ¿harías los honores?11 your word of honour a very serious promise that what you are saying is trueuna promesa muy solemne de que lo que se dice es verdad: I won’t try to see you again. I give you my word of honour.No intentaré verte de nuevo. Te doy mi palabra de honor.12be an honour to somebody/something to bring admiration and respect to your country, school, family etc because of your behaviour or achievementsaportar admiración y respeto a tu país, escuela, familia, etc. gracias a tu comportamiento o logros: He’s an honour to his family and his country.Es un honor para su familia y su país.13be/feel honour bound to do something formalformal to feel that it is your moral duty to do somethingsentir que es tu deber moral hacer algo: We felt honor bound to attend their wedding.Nos sentimos en la obligación moral de asistir a su boda.14on your honour a)if you swear on your honour to do something, you promise very seriously to do itsi juras por tu honor que harás algo, prometes muy seriamente hacerlo b)old-fashionedanticuado if you are on your honour to do something, you are being trusted to do itsi estás comprometido por tu honor a hacer algo, se confía en que lo harás15the honours are even used to say that the people or teams in a competition, game etc have done as well as each other or have the same scoreusado para decir que las personas o los equipos en una competición, juego, etc. han tenido el mismo desempeño o tienen el mismo marcador16sex [uncountable] old useuso antiguo if a woman loses her honour, she has sex with a man she is not married tosi una mujer pierde su honor, ha tenido relaciones sexuales con un hombre con el que no está casada → guest of honour at guest1(1), maid of honourCOLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 1— Significado 1adjectivesadjetivosa great honour· It was a great honour to meet my hero in person.· Fue un gran honor conocer en persona a mi héroe.a rare honour (=a very special honour that is not given to many people)· Being asked to paint a portrait for the queen is a rare honour for any artist.· Que le pidan a uno pintar un retrato para la reina es un honor poco frecuente para cualquier artista.a dubious honour (=something that you are not sure that you should be proud of)· The city has the dubious honor of being the smoggiest city in the world.· La ciudad tiene el dudoso honor de ser la ciudad con más smog del mundo.a signal honour formalformal (=a great honour)· He received the signal honour of becoming an Honorary Fellow of the college.· Recibió el insigne honor de convertirse en Fellow honorario del colegio.verbsverboshave the honour formalformal· As a young man, he had the honour of meeting Winston Churchill.· De joven, tuvo el honor de conocer a Winston Churchill.do somebody the honour formalformal (=used when saying that you feel proud that someone has decided to do something)· Will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?· ¿Me haría el honor de convertirse en mi esposa?COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 2— Significado 2verbsverbosbring honour to somebody/something (=make people respect someone or something)· The bravery of these men has brought honour to their regiment.· La valentía de estos hombres ha traído honor a su regimiento.defend somebody's/something's honour (=do something to protect it when it is being attacked)· To defend his honour and his business interests, he was prepared to go to court.· Para defender su honor y sus intereses comerciales, estaba dispuesto a ir a los tribunales.save the honour of somebody/something (=stop it being lost)· Her father fought with him to save her honour.· Su padre se enfrentó con él para salvar su honor.uphold the honour of somebody/something (=defend it)· She felt duty bound to uphold the honour of her country.· Se sentía en el deber de defender el honor de su país.restore the honour of somebody/something (=make it return to its former state)· He would be forced to restore the honour of his family name.· Se vería obligado a restaurar el honor del apellido de su familia.ADJECTIVES/NOUN + honourADJETIVOS/SUSTANTIVO + honournational honour· For him this is a matter of both personal and national honour.· Para él, esto es una cuestión tanto de honor personal como nacional.family honour· Refusal of a marriage offer is seen as an attack on the family honour.· El rechazo de una propuesta de matrimonio se considera un ataque al honor familiar.phrasesfrasessomebody's/something's honour is at stake (=someone may lose their honour)· French people believed that the country's honour was at stake over the incident.· Los franceses creían que el honor del país estaba en juego a causa del incidente.COLLOCATIONSCOLOCACIONES– Meaning 5— Significado 5phrasesfrasesa man of honour· I know Tom to be a man of honour and integrity.· Sé que Tom es un hombre de honor e integridad.a matter/point/question of honour (=something you feel you must do because of your moral beliefs)· To my mum, paying bills on time is a point of honour.· Para mi madre, pagar las facturas a tiempo es una cuestión de honor.a code of honour (=a set of moral rules, laws, or principles that people follow)· We abide by a strict military code of honor.· Nos regimos por un estricto código militar de honor.a sense of honour· Is he marrying her out of some misplaced sense of honour?· ¿Se está casando con ella por un sentido del honor fuera de lugar?somebody's word of honour (=a promise based on strong moral beliefs)· I give you my word of honour that you will not be harmed.· Le doy mi palabra de honor de que no le pasará nada.be/feel honour bound to do something (=feel that you should do something, because it is morally right or your duty to do it)· My father felt honour bound to help his sister.· Mi padre se sentía en la obligación moral de ayudar a su hermana.honourhonour2 British English, honor American English verb [transitive] 1be/feel honoured (to do something) to feel very proud and pleasedsentirse muy orgulloso y complacido: I felt very honoured to be included in the team.Me sentí muy honrado de ser incluido en el equipo.2formalformal to show publicly that someone is respected and admired, especially by praising them or giving them a special titlemostrar públicamente que alguien es respetado y admirado, especialmente mediante elogios o la concesión de un título especialhonour somebody with something He was honored with an award for excellence in teaching.Fue galardonado con un premio a la excelencia en la enseñanza.honour somebody for something Two firefighters have been honoured for their courage.Dos bomberos han sido reconocidos por su valentía.3honour a promise/contract/agreement etc to do what you have agreed to documplir con lo que se ha acordado hacer: Once again, the government has failed to honour its promises.Una vez más, el gobierno no ha cumplido sus promesas. We pray that both sides will continue to honour their commitment to the peace agreement.Esperamos que ambas partes continúen cumpliendo su compromiso con el acuerdo de paz.4to treat someone with special respecttratar a alguien con especial respeto: In a marriage, you need to honour one another.En un matrimonio, es necesario honrarse mutuamente. I was treated like an honored guest.Me trataron como a un invitado de honor.5honour a cheque if your bank honours a cheque that you have given someone, it pays the money to that personsi tu banco acepta un cheque que le has dado a alguien, le paga el dinero a esa persona6somebody has decided to honour us with their presence used humorously when someone arrives late, or to someone who rarely comes to a meeting, class etcusado con humor cuando alguien llega tarde, o dirigido a alguien que rara vez asiste a una reunión, clase, etc.
1be/feel honoured (to do something) to feel very proud and pleasedsentirse muy orgulloso y complacido: I felt very honoured to be included in the team.Me sentí muy honrado de ser incluido en el equipo.2formalformal to show publicly that someone is respected and admired, especially by praising them or giving them a special titlemostrar públicamente que alguien es respetado y admirado, especialmente mediante elogios o la concesión de un título especialhonour somebody with something He was honored with an award for excellence in teaching.Fue galardonado con un premio a la excelencia en la enseñanza.honour somebody for something Two firefighters have been honoured for their courage.Dos bomberos han sido reconocidos por su valentía.3honour a promise/contract/agreement etc to do what you have agreed to documplir con lo que se ha acordado hacer: Once again, the government has failed to honour its promises.Una vez más, el gobierno no ha cumplido sus promesas. We pray that both sides will continue to honour their commitment to the peace agreement.Esperamos que ambas partes continúen cumpliendo su compromiso con el acuerdo de paz.4to treat someone with special respecttratar a alguien con especial respeto: In a marriage, you need to honour one another.En un matrimonio, es necesario honrarse mutuamente. I was treated like an honored guest.Me trataron como a un invitado de honor.5honour a cheque if your bank honours a cheque that you have given someone, it pays the money to that personsi tu banco acepta un cheque que le has dado a alguien, le paga el dinero a esa persona6somebody has decided to honour us with their presence used humorously when someone arrives late, or to someone who rarely comes to a meeting, class etcusado con humor cuando alguien llega tarde, o dirigido a alguien que rara vez asiste a una reunión, clase, etc.