English-Italian translations for candid

• candido
  Dopo aver detto come sono diventato ciò che sono oggi, vorrei ora spiegare quel che vorrei diventare e il motivo per cui mi candido alla Presidenza del Parlamento europeo. Having described how I came to be what I am today, I should like to move on to explain what I would like to become, and why I am standing as a candidate for President of the European Parliament.
  In proposito il Presidente in carica del Consiglio merita profonda stima sia per il suo candido discorso, sia per il suo tentativo di conciliare desideri che sono fortemente in contrasto tra loro. In that context, the President-in-Office of the Council deserves all credit, partly for his candid speech and partly for his attempt to reconcile desires that are very much at odds with each other.

Definition of candid

• Impartial and free from prejudice
• Straightforward, open and sincere
• Not posed or rehearsed
• A spontaneous or unposed photograph

Examples

• His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.

Related words

• candidacy
• candidate
• candidly
• candidature
• candida
• candidiasis
• anticandida
• candid camera
• candidate for the matriculation examination