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Meanings of plain in English

Spanish
liso y llano

Lacking embellishment or ornamentation.

      Related terms
      liso y llano
      Portuguese
      claramente
      Spanish
      claro

      Unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

          claramente
          Portuguese
          planícies
          Catalan
          planícia
          Spanish
          llanura

          Extensive tract of level open land.

                planícies
                Portuguese
                queixe-se
                Catalan
                queixar-se
                Spanish
                lamentarse

                Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness.

                    queixe-se
                    Usage of plain in English
                    1
                    The Government is poised to introduce plain packaging legislation for tobacco products.
                    Radio NZ
                    2
                    The plain-clothes special agents protect the President, First Family, Vice-President and family.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    Buy a relatively plain good quality one and it will last years.
                    The Irish Times
                    4
                    The answer to your question is just a plain I don't know.
                    Wired
                    5
                    It's a crucial part of building a good business, plain and simple.
                    Wired
                    6
                    The government has yet to make a final decision on plain packaging.
                    The Guardian
                    7
                    The Government has agreed in principle to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes.
                    Radio NZ
                    8
                    Bowl; crenate marginal band and square central figure internally; external surface plain.
                    Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the India...
                    9
                    Political courage, plain speaking and determined campaigning have been in short supply.
                    The Irish Times
                    10
                    The food was plain but adequate; not rationed exactly, but carefully controlled.
                    The Naked God
                    11
                    He had fallen in love; that was the plain upshot of it.
                    Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
                    12
                    In elegant phraseology they are providences; in plain language they are milch-cows.
                    The Memoirs of Victor Hugo
                    13
                    Within hours, Rung said, she was being followed by plain-clothes police officers.
                    Radio NZ
                    14
                    The carriages had driven home; the road and the plain were empty.
                    The Broken Road
                    15
                    The crumpled plain rose a thousand feet and higher above the sea.
                    Shadows in Bronze
                    16
                    The British government finished a four-month consultation on plain packaging last week.
                    Reuters
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                    Translations for plain
                    Plain through the time
                    Plain across language varieties
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                    Common
                    Canada
                    Common
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