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genteel / elegante
 
genteel   [dȝenˈti:l]   -adjective
1. (=middle-class)   [person]   elegante,   refinado   [manners]   refinado,   fino   [atmosphere]   elegante
·a genteel resort on the south coast
·un elegante centro turístico de la costa del sur
·to live in genteel [poverty]
·vivir modestamente pero con dignidad
2. pejorative
(=affected)   afectado
 
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged and Audio Headword Pronunciation (Spanish) 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co Ltd. 1971,1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992,1993,1996,1997,2000,2003,2005.
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