dress

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el vestido

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dress
[dres]
sustantivo
1 vestido (m) (for woman)
2 traje (m) (clothing)
  • to have good/no dress sense -> saber/no saber vestirse, tener/no tener estilo para vestir
  • dress circle -> piso (m) principal (in theater)
  • dress rehearsal -> ensayo (m) general (of play)
  • dress shirt -> camisa (f) de vestir
verbo transitivo
3 vestir (person)
  • to dress oneself, to get dressed -> vestirse
  • to be dressed in black -> ir vestido(a) de negro
  • well/badly dressed -> bien/mal vestido(a)
4 vendar (wound)
5 aderezar (salad) , aliñar (español de España)
  • dressed crab -> changurro (m)
verbo intransitivo
6 vestirse

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dress [dres]
sustantivo
1 Vestido, traje (for woman, girl).
2 Atavío, tocado.
3 They arrived in formal dressing, llegaron vestidos de etiqueta (clothing, style of dressing).
  • Dress affair -> velada o reunión que requiere traje de gala
  • Dress ball -> baile de gala
  • Full traje de etiqueta, uniforme completo. Dress suit -> frac
  • Dress parade -> (Mil.) parada con uniforme completo

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dress [dres]
noun
1 (frock) vestido; (m)
she was wearing a long, black dress
2 (clothing) ropa; (f)
he's usually smart in his dress suele vestir con elegancia; a Maori in Western dress un maorí vestido a la forma occidental; they were wearing traditional Nepalese dress vestían el traje tradicional típico de Nepal;or
in traditional dress he was slovenly in his dress in eastern dress women in evening dress
formal dress will be required el traje de etiqueta es de rigor
evening
verb:transitive
1 (put clothes on) vestir
she dressed the baby in clean clothes le puso ropita limpia al niño
the designer had to dress her models for the show to dress [o.s.]
he hasn't learned how to dress himself yet todavía no ha aprendido a vestirse
she dressed herself neatly for work patients should be encouraged to dress themselves to dress the part to wear clothes appropriate to an activity if you want to do business in this town, you'll have to dress the part she dressed the part of a lady in a grand mansion
dressed
2 (Cookery) [+salad] aliñar; aderezar; [+meat, fish] preparar y condimentar
her mother dressed the meat toss and dress the salad before serving a bowl of dressed salad
3 (decorate, arrange) [+hair] peinar; arreglar; [+shop window] decorar; [+Christmas tree] adornar; decorar
they spent Christmas Eve dressing the tree
4 (Med) [+wound] vendar
the nurses were taught to dress wounds and tie bandages
5 (Agr) [+land] abonar
6 (Mil) [+troops] alinear
to dress [ranks]
7 [+stone, metal] dar el acabado a; [+skins] curtir
to groom an animal, especially a horse to decorate a vessel by displaying all the signal flags along the lines from bow to stern to dress [ship]
verb:intransitive
1 (put on clothes) vestirse
he dressed quickly and left se vistió deprisa y se marchó
he told Sarah to wait while he dressed
2 (wear specified clothes) vestir
she dresses very well viste muy bien; va muy bien vestida
he dresses in a way that lets everyone know he has authority to dress [in] sth
she always used to dress in jeans/blackin solía ir siempre vestida con vaqueros/de negro
to dress to the left/rightleftright colgar hacia la izquierda/derecha
3 (wear formal clothes)
to dress for dinner [+man] ponerse smoking para cenar; [+woman] ponerse traje de noche para cenar; they always dress for dinner siempre (se) ponen elegantes para cenar
4 (Mil) alinearse
right dress! ¡vista a la derecha!
modifier
dress circle (n) anfiteatro; (m) (piso ) principal; (m) (m)
dress coat (n) frac; (m)
dress code (n) regulaciones en materia de indumentaria o uniforme
there is a strict dress code. Men wear ties and jackets to dinner at night a dress code is in force after 6pm there are no hard rules, no dress code The only concession to Sunday working was the removal of the tie; otherwise, /the customary dress code applied/ .../a dress code that doesn't allow students to wear gym shoes/
dress designer (n) modistoamodista;a modista (m) (f)
dress length (n) (material) corte de vestido; (m)
dress parade (n) (US) (Mil) desfile de gala; (m)
dress rehearsal (n) ensayo general; (m)
dress sense (n) gusto para vestir; (m)
he has no dress sense no tiene gusto para vestir; he has immaculate dress sense tiene un gusto impecable para vestir
the Queen's dress sense is appalling, but rarely commented on they are scruffy and show no dress sense he needs to learn better dress sense she has captivated the world with her radiant looks, perfect figure and immaculate dress sense
dress shirt (n) camisa de frac; (f) camisa de etiqueta; (f)
dress suit (n) traje de etiqueta; (m)
dress uniform (n) (Mil) uniforme de gala; (m)

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Verb Conjugation for "dress"

Imperative
  • dress
  • you dress
  • he/she dresses
  • we dress
  • you dress
  • they dress
Preterite
  • I dressed
  • you dressed
  • he/she dressed
  • we dressed
  • you dressed
  • they dressed
Present Continuous
  • I am dressing
  • you are dressing
  • he/she is dressing
  • we are dressing
  • you are dressing
  • they are dressing
Present Perfect
  • I have dressed
  • you have dressed
  • he/she has dressed
  • we have dressed
  • you have dressed
  • they have dressed
Past Continuous
  • I was dressing
  • you were dressing
  • he/she was dressing
  • we were dressing
  • you were dressing
  • they were dressing
Past Perfect
  • I had dressed
  • you had dressed
  • he/she had dressed
  • we had dressed
  • you had dressed
  • they had dressed
Future
  • I will dress
  • you will dress
  • he/she will dress
  • we will dress
  • you will dress
  • they will dress
Future Perfect
  • I will have dressed
  • you will have dressed
  • he/she will have dressed
  • we will have dressed
  • you will have dressed
  • they will have dressed
Future Continuous
  • I will be dressing
  • you will be dressing
  • he/she will be dressing
  • we will be dressing
  • you will be dressing
  • they will be dressing
Present Perfect Continuous
  • I have been dressing
  • you have been dressing
  • he/she has been dressing
  • we have been dressing
  • you have been dressing
  • they have been dressing
Future Perfect Continuous
  • I will have been dressing
  • you will have been dressing
  • he/she will have been dressing
  • we will have been dressing
  • you will have been dressing
  • they will have been dressing
Past Perfect Continuous
  • I had been dressing
  • you had been dressing
  • he/she had been dressing
  • we had been dressing
  • you had been dressing
  • they had been dressing
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