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cobardía

cowardice

noun koh-bar-DEE-ah Rare

Usage Note

Cobardía is the abstract noun from cobarde ('coward'). It is always feminine: la cobardía. The opposite is valentía or valor. In everyday speech it can be used with mild irony — calling someone's refusal to do something trivial una cobardía — as well as in fully serious moral condemnation.

Examples

"Su cobardía sorprendió a todos."

Natural Translation

His cowardice surprised everyone.

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