Significado
zealous, diligent
- showing great energy, enthusiasm, and devotion to a duty or cause
- overly meticulous or dutiful, sometimes to an annoying degree
En una frase
Un impiegato zelante ha controllato ogni singolo documento.
A zealous clerk checked every single document.
È sempre stata un'allieva zelante e molto attenta.
She has always been a diligent and very attentive student.
Non serve essere troppo zelanti con queste regole secondarie.
There is no need to be overzealous with these minor rules.
Formas de la palabra (4)
| Palabra | Formas de la palabra |
|---|---|
| zelante | masculine · singular |
| zelante | feminine · singular |
| zelanti | masculine · plural |
| zelanti | feminine · plural |
Notas de uso
- Ends in -e in the singular for both masculine and feminine, plural -i.
- Can have a neutral/positive sense (diligent) or mildly negative nuance (overzealous).