sencillo (un hombre)

[Vero]

Hello,
hope everyone had a great weekend,
just workin away and wondering how to best
decir "es un hombre sencillo" en ingles

"a simple man" es neutral o no?

"a natural man" sounds like he's a granola or something...

please advise.
v.

 

[Vicki]

Depending on the exact context, maybe something like:

• He's an unaffected man.
• He's a sincere man.
• He's an unassuming man.

Vicki

 

[Rubns]

maybe it could be better to say : unaffected ?

 

[Rubns]

Ups te me adelantaste Vicki jejeje

 

[Vicki]

¿Qué es buena manera de decir "Great minds think alike" en español?



Vicki

 

[toniga]

unpretencious; unaffected, unsophisticated.

I like unpretencious

 

[Rubns]

¿Qué es buena manera de decir "Great minds think alike" en español?



Vicki

"Las grandes mentes piensan igual"?
"Las mentes geniales piensan igual"?

No sé exactamente cómo traducirlo....

 

[LadyBlakeney]

A popular saying with a similar meaning is: "Lo bueno abunda".

 

[Vicki]

unpretencious; unaffected, unsophisticated.

I like unpretencious

Yes, "unpretentious" is another good word. But be careful with "unsophisticated" -- depending on the context, which we don't know here, it can imply more than one may want:

"adj 1: not wise in the ways of the world; "either too unsophisticated or too honest to promise more than he could deliver"; "this helplessly unworldly woman"- Kate O'Brien
2: lacking complexity; "small and uncomplicated cars for those really interested in motoring"; "an unsophisticated machine" [syn: uncomplicated]
3: lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen" [syn: callow, inexperienced, naive]
4: awkwardly simple and provincial; "bumpkinly country boys"; "rustic farmers"; "a hick town"; "the nightlife of Montmartre awed the unsophisticated tourists" [syn: bumpkinly, hick, rustic]
5: lacking sophistication [syn: naive]

Vicki

 

[billhmjr]

An alternative could be:

He is a straightforward person.
He is an informal person.
He is an easy-going person.