Spanish-English translations for reverencia

• bow
  The musician bowed his violin expertly.
  The shelf bowed under the weight of the books.
  Cronenberg’s "Cosmopolis" bows in Cannes this week.
• curtsey
  I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.
  The hotels staff variously curtsied, nodded, and bowed to the owner as she passed.
• reverence
  We should remember them with the greatest reverence, just as we should remember the many other victims of that historical catastrophe. Hemos de recordarles con la mayor reverencia, así como debemos recordar a las otras muchas víctimas de aquella catástrofe histórica.
  I cannot approve of the casualness with which the problems of alcohol dependence are concealed out of reverence for the producers of alcoholic beverages and their lobbies. No puedo aprobar la ligereza con que se disimulan los problemas de la dependencia del alcohol como reverencia a los productores de bebidas alcohólicas y a sus grupos de presión.
  your reverence

Related words

• reverenciar
• irreverencia
• reverencial
• hacer una reverencia