osvetlati obraz

English translation: to bring honour or respect / to do someone credit/proud / to be a credit to

13:36 Dec 15, 2011

Serbian to English translations [Non-PRO]
Idioms / Maxims / Sayings

Serbian term or phrase: osvetlati obraz

Kako glasi prevod ovog idioma?

Da li je možda "uphold the honour"?

Miloš Stojadinović KudoZ activity Questions: 65 (none open) (1 without valid answers) (4 closed without grading) Answers: 109 Serbia
Local time: 06:07

English translation:to bring honour or respect / to do someone credit/proud / to be a credit to

Explanation:
Zavisi od kontesksta, ali to je navedeno u SR-EN rečniku idioma, B. Milosavljević, m. Vilijams Milosavljević
osvetlati obraz - poneti se časno - to bring honour or respect; to do someone credit/proud / to be a credit to;
Tvoj uspeh je osvetlao obraz našem klubu - Your success has done our club credit.
Sigurno ima i drugih mogućnosti.

Selected response from:

Mira Stepanovic
Serbia
Local time: 06:07

Grading comment

Hvala Miro!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +1

to bring honour or respect / to do someone credit/proud / to be a credit to

Mira Stepanovic

Summary of reference entries provided

to win honours

proanglica (X)

Discussion entries: 1

Answers

27 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

to bring honour or respect / to do someone credit/proud / to be a credit to

Mira Stepanovic
Serbia
Local time: 06:07
Native speaker of:

Serbian,

Serbo-Croat
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

Hvala Miro!

Reference comments

57 mins peer agreement (net): +2

Reference: to win honours

Reference information:
or

to distinguish oneself

or

He came off with honour/credit

or

He acquitted himself well/honourably

or

It does him credit

or

Our basketball team did us proud.
(Zeljko Bujas)

proanglica (X)
Native speaker of:

Serbian,

Serbo-Croat

Note to reference poster

Asker: Hvala!

Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:

ProZ.com term search

Search millions of term translations

osvetlati obraz

English translation: to bring honour or respect / to do someone credit/proud / to be a credit to

Answers

Reference comments

KudoZ™ translation help

Your current localization setting

Select a language

osvetlati obraz

English translation: to bring honour or respect / to do someone credit/proud / to be a credit to

Answers

Reference comments

KudoZ™ translation help

You have native languages that can be verified

Your current localization setting

Select a language