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- tivadjective (different and easily identified: I recognized her from a long way off - she has a very distinctive walk!) distintivo, característicotr[dɪ'stɪŋktɪv]1 (smell, taste, marking, etc) distintivo,-a, característico,-a; (laugh, walk, gesture) personal, inconfundible; (dress, decor) particulardistinctive [dɪ'stɪŋktɪv] adj: distintivo, característico♦ distinctively advadj.• característico, -a adj.• distintivo, -a adj.dɪ'stɪŋktɪvadjective <marking/plumage> distintivo, característico; <gesture/laugh> personal, inconfundible; <decor/dress> particular[dɪs'tɪŋktɪv]ADJ [sound, colour] característico; [flavour, smell, voice] inconfundible, característico; [plumage, fur] distintivo, característico; [style] característico, particular; [clothing, decor] peculiar, particularone of the distinctive features of Elizabethan architecture — uno de los rasgos característicos de la arquitectura isabelina
stone walls are a distinctive feature of the countryside — los muros de piedra son característicos del campo
what was most distinctive about him was his extreme nervousness — lo que más le caracterizaba era su extremo nerviosismo
* * *[dɪ'stɪŋktɪv]adjective <marking/plumage> distintivo, característico; <gesture/laugh> personal, inconfundible; <decor/dress> particular
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