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1 colorado
m.Colorado, CO, Col., Colo..past part.past participle of spanish verb: colorar.* * *► adjetivo1 coloured (US colored)2 (rojo) red1 red\ponerse colorado,-a to blush, go red————————1 red* * *1. ADJ1) (=rojo) red2) LAm [chiste] blue2. SM1) (=color) red2) Caribe (=escarlatina) scarlet fever3)los Colorados — Uruguayan political party
* * *I- da adjetivoa) redponerse colorado — to blush, turn red, go red (BrE); tomate 1)
b) (Méx fam) < chiste> risquéIImasculino red* * *= red.Ex. The red ON/OFF switch for the terminal is located at the left side of the screen.----* pimiento colorado = red pepper.* ponerse colorado = get + red in the face, go + bright red.* ponerse colorado como un tomate = go + bright red.* * *I- da adjetivoa) redponerse colorado — to blush, turn red, go red (BrE); tomate 1)
b) (Méx fam) < chiste> risquéIImasculino red* * *= red.Ex: The red ON/OFF switch for the terminal is located at the left side of the screen.
* pimiento colorado = red pepper.* ponerse colorado = get + red in the face, go + bright red.* ponerse colorado como un tomate = go + bright red.* * *1 [ Vocabulary notes (Spanish) ] redponerse colorado to blush, turn red, go red ( BrE)se puso colorado como un tomate he turned (as) red as a beet ( AmE colloq), he went as red as a beetroot ( BrE colloq)red* * *
colorado 1◊ -da adjetivoa) red;
colorado 2 sustantivo masculino
red
colorado,-a adjetivo & sustantivo masculino red
♦ Locuciones: ponerse colorado (como un tomate), (de vergüenza) to blush, go bright red
(de calor, de correr) to go/get as red as a beet(root)
' colorado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
colorada
- colorín
- vergüenza
- cañón
- chiste
- frijol
- tomate
English:
awe-inspiring
- colour
- flush
- red
- redden
- all
- blue
- blush
- CO
- Colo
- color
- dirty
- flushed
- grand
- pepper
* * *colorado, -a♦ adj1. [color] red;ponerse colorado to blush, to go red;tenía la cara colorada his face was flushed;me vas a poner colorado con tantos elogios I'm going to blush o go red with so much praise2. Andes, RP [pelirrojo] red-haired♦ nm[color] red♦ nm,f1. Andes, RP [pelirrojo] red-haired person, redhead* * *adj red;ponerse colorado blush* * *colorado, -da adj1) rojo: red2)ponerse colorado : to blush3)colorado nmrojo: red* * *ponerse colorado to blush / to go red -
2 Colorado
(Sp. model spelled same [koloráðo], perfective participle of Spanish colorar 'to color; to give color to' < Spanish color < Latin color 'color')1) The thirty-eighth state of the union, named after the Colorado River. Hendrickson indicates that Spanish explorers named the river after the red color of its water.2) Carlisle: 1929. Red.3) As Clark observes, it is used as an attributive adjective in many combinations to denote animals (such as the "Colorado potato beetle" and the "Colorado turkey"), plants ("Colorado blue spruce," "Colorado fir," "Colorado grass," "Colorado River hemp") indigenous to the state. It often has a jocular connotation, as in "Colorado turkey," which can be either the great blue heron or the wood ibis, and "Colorado mockingbird" (see below). The combinations pertinent to the cowboy's era or profession are listed below. -
3 Colorado
• CO• Col.• Colo.• Colorado• the bygone days• the center of all things civilized -
4 colorado
• colored• lewd• painted in colors• ruddy -
5 colorado como un tomate
as red as a beetroot o (EEUU) beet -
6 Colorado bluestem
According to the DARE, a wheatgrass also known simply as bluestem. -
7 Colorado (bottom) grass
DARE: 1884. Texas millet. -
8 Colorado mockingbird
DARE: 1968. A jocular term for a burro.Also called Arizona nightingale, Rocky Mountain canary, according to the DARE. -
9 Colorado ranger
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10 Colorado (River) hemp
DARE: 1900. According to the DARE, "a tall annual legume ( Sesbania exaltata) of the Southwestern and Gulf States which produces long tough fibers formerly used like hemp by the Indians."Also called bequilla, coffee bean, coffeeweed, indigo, siene bean, zacate. -
11 escarabajo de Colorado
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12 ponerse colorado
v.to turn red, to blush.* * *to blush, go red* * ** * *(v.) = get + red in the face, go + bright redEx. I realize there are some teabag manufacturers sputtering with indignation and getting red in the face right now.Ex. The Prime Minister went bright red when confronted over the long massages he was said to be receiving from a former topless model.* * *(v.) = get + red in the face, go + bright redEx: I realize there are some teabag manufacturers sputtering with indignation and getting red in the face right now.
Ex: The Prime Minister went bright red when confronted over the long massages he was said to be receiving from a former topless model. -
13 ... y colorín colorado este cuento se ha acabado
... y colorín colorado este cuento se ha acabado... and that's the end of the storySpanish-English dictionary > ... y colorín colorado este cuento se ha acabado
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14 pimiento colorado
(n.) = red pepperEx. In the paella pan, sauté the red pepper, head of garlic, and garlic cloves until the peppers are quite soft but not brown, 15 to 20 min.* * *(n.) = red pepperEx: In the paella pan, sauté the red pepper, head of garlic, and garlic cloves until the peppers are quite soft but not brown, 15 to 20 min.
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15 ponerse colorado como un tomate
(v.) = go + bright redEx. The Prime Minister went bright red when confronted over the long massages he was said to be receiving from a former topless model.* * *(v.) = go + bright redEx: The Prime Minister went bright red when confronted over the long massages he was said to be receiving from a former topless model.
Spanish-English dictionary > ponerse colorado como un tomate
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16 chiste colorado
m.off-color joke, dirty joke, off-colour joke.* * *(Bol, Méx) dirty joke* * *(Bol, Méx) dirty joke -
17 frijol colorado/negro
kidney/black bean* * *kidney/black bean -
18 poner colorado a algn
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19 ser mamey colorado
Caribe *to be out of this world -
20 cedro colorado
• juniperus sabina• juniperus virginiana• red cedar
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