English-Spanish translations for courage

• valentía
  La respuesta es muy sencilla: valentía, valentía política. The answer is simple: courage, political courage.
  También aquí, hace falta valentía. Here also, courage will be needed.
  Correcto, pero entonces actúe con valentía. Correct, but then act with courage.
• valor
  Son necesarios valor y precaución. Courage and caution are needed.
  Señora Comisaria, hay que tener valor. Commissioner, show more courage!
  Esto exige valor por ambos lados. That takes courage on both sides.
• coraje
  ¡Lo que de verdad necesitamos es coraje! What we really need is courage!
  Debemos tener el coraje necesario para hacerlo. Let us have the courage to do that.
  Sin embargo, nos falta el coraje para hacer algo así. However, we lack the courage to do this.

Definition of courage

• The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate
• The ability to overcome one's fear, do or live things which one finds frightening
• The ability to maintain one's will or intent despite either the experience of fear, or the occurrence of adversity, frustration, defeat or reversal
• To encourage.

Examples

• It takes a lot of courage to be successful in business
• He plucked up the courage to tell her how he felt

Related words

• courageous
• encourage
• encouragement
• courageously
• discourage
• discouraged
• uncourageous
• discouragement
• courageousness