fine
/ˈfaɪ̯n/ adjetivo A1En español: fino, bien / bueno, bueno, bien
- Of superior quality. · The tree frog that they encountered was truly a fine specimen.· Only a really fine wine could fully complement Lucía's hand-made pasta.
- Impressively bad, inappropriate, or unsatisfactory. · You're a fine one to talk about laziness.· Here's another fine mess you've gotten us into.
- Being acceptable, adequate, passable, or satisfactory; having one's well-being be no cause for concern. · How are you today? – Fine.· Will this one do? It's got a dent in it. – Yeah, it'll be fine, I guess.
- Good-looking, attractive. · That man is so fine that I'd jump into his pants without a moment's hesitation.
- Subtle, delicately balanced or discriminated.
- Delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; dexterous.
- An answer often used to cover an unnecessary explanation, rather to avoid conflict or an argument. Saying "I'm fine" can be used to avoid inquiry when the speaker is not really okay. · Do you want to talk about what happened? – [sharply, with annoyance or discomfort] I'm fine!
- Of a particular grade of quality, usually between very good and very fine, and below mint. · The small scratch meant that his copy of “X-Men #2” was merely fine when it otherwise would have been “near mint”.
Comparativo finer · Superlativo finest
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A HORSE, proud of his fine trappings, met an Ass on the highway.
“They had, however, what supplied the place of those fine qualities,” replied the young man, “and that was fanaticism.
“I am sure _I_ know none so handsome; but in the gallery upstairs you will see a finer, larger picture of him than this.
He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven’s wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger.
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