Today's
WOTD is: "vestido" = dress
In
Spanish, “vestido”
is a masculine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is
dress/
gown.
Besides
the specific meaning of a female dress/
gown,
as a noun “vestido”
may be also used to refer to clothing
in general, a suit/
an outfit
or attire.
The
word “vestido”
may also be used as a describing word/ adjective meaning dressed.
A
related word is the action word/ verb “vestir”,
which may be used to mean to dress/
to wear
(clothes) or to clothe/
cover
-with clothes. The usual meaning of “vestirse”
(reflexive verb) is to get
dressed.
Some
expressions with the word “vestido”
are:
- Ir bien vestido (to be well dressed);
- Ir vestido de calle (to be wearing casual clothes);
- Ir vestido de paisano (in plain clothes/ civilian clothes -as opposite to wearing a uniform);
- Vestido de boda (wedding dress);
- Vestido de ceremonia (ceremonial dress/ suit/ outfit);
- Vestido de noche (night dress);
- Vestido de novia (bride dress/ bridal gown);
Some
examples of the use of the word "vestido"
are:
- ¡Qué vestido más bonito! (what a lovely dress!)
- Gastamos mucho dinero en vestido y calzado (we spend a lot of money on clothing and shoes);
- Pedro iba vestido de bombero (Pedro was wearing a fireman outfit);
- Ese chico va muy bien vestido (that boy is very well dressed);
- Te gusta ir vestido de calle, ¿no? (you like wearing casual clothes, don't you?);
- Pedro va vestido de paisano (Pedro is in civilian clothes);
- María llevaba un vestido de boda precioso (Maria was wearing a lovely wedding dress)
- Ese es un vestido de ceremonia muy antiguo (that is a very old ceremonial outfit);
- María llevaba un vestido de noche precioso (Maria was wearing a lovely night dress);
- María llevaba un vestido de novia precioso (Maria was wearing a lovely bride dress);
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