English-Portuguese translations for illustrious

• ilustre
  O meu ilustre antecessor, Paul Henri Spaak, exprimiu-o de forma um pouco mais cínica, há muitas décadas atrás, dizendo: As my illustrious predecessor, Paul Henri Spaak, rather cynically put it so many decades ago:
  Daquele país chamado Angola trago saudações para os ilustres convidados a esta Assembleia Plenária. From that country named Angola I bring greetings to the illustrious guests at this Plenary Assembly.
  "Aquele que encobre o problema só o agrava", advertiu o ilustre poeta húngaro, Gyula Illyés. 'He who conceals trouble only makes it worse,' warned the illustrious Hungarian poet Gyula Illyés.

Definition of illustrious

• admired#Adjective|Admired, distinguished#Adjective|distinguished, respected#Adjective|respected, or well-known, especially due to past#Adjective|past achievements or noble qualities.

Related words

• unillustrious
• illustrieren
• paint an illustrious picture