color [ˈkʌləʳ]
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This word may also be spelled “colour.”
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color(
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)A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (hue)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
Her favorite color is teal.Su color preferido es el verde azulado.
The artist used all the colors of the rainbow in her painting.La artista utilizó todos los colores del arco iris en su pintura.
2. (skin color)
a. el color (M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
They don't discriminate based on the color or sexual preference of applicants.No discriminan basado en el color o preferencias sexuales de los aplicantes.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g. the big dog).
4. (having color)
a. a color
My grandparents still remember the days before color TVs.Mis abuelos todavía se acuerdan de los días antes de las televisiones a color.
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
5. (to apply color)
The children colored pictures for their parents.Los niños colorearon imágenes para sus padres.
colorNountransitive verbintransitive verb
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling or idea (e.g. man, dog, house).
1. (general)
a. el color(M)
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
what color is it?¿de qué color es?
color bardiscriminación f racial
color codecódigo de colores
color schemecombinación de colores
color supplementsuplemento m en color
2. (person)
a.
to give color to a storydar colorido a una historia
let's see the color of your moneyveamos primero el dinero
to pass with flying colorsaprobar con todos los honores
to show oneself in one's true colorsquitarse la máscara
she nailed her colors to the mastmanifestó públicamente su postura
A transitive verb is a verb that requires a direct object (e.g. I bought a book.).
3. (change color of)
a. colorear
4. (fig)
a. influir en (judgment, view)
to color one's hairteñirse el pelo
to color something bluepintar or colorear algo de azul
An intransitive verb is one that does not require a direct object (e.g. The man sneezed.).
5. (blush)
a. ruborizarse
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colour
color (US)
[ˈkʌləʳ] noun
1 (shade) color (m)
what colour is it? ¿de qué color es?; they come in different colours los hay de varios colores
to change colour cambiar or mudar de color
it was green in colour era de color verde
as time goes by my memories take on a different colour con el paso de los años mis recuerdos van tomando otro color
let's see the colour of your money! ¡a ver la pasta! (informal)
2 (colourfulness) color (m)
splashes of colour salpicones (f) or notas (f) de color; what this room needs is a touch of colour lo que este cuarto necesita es un toque de color; in colour (TV) (Cine) en color
3 (dye, paint, pigment) color (m)
the latest lip and eye colours los últimos colores para labios y ojos
4 (complexion) color (m)
the colour drained from his face palideció; se le fue el color de la cara; the colour rose to her face se le subieron los colores
to put the colour back in sb's cheeks devolverle el color or los colores a algn
to be off colour estar indispuesto
6 colours [of country, team] colores (m); (flag) bandera (f); (Mil) estandarte (m)
the Hungarian national colours los colores húngaros; (flag) la bandera húngara; to salute the colours saludar a la bandera; the battalion's colours el estandarte del batallón; he was wearing the team's colours vestía los colores del equipo
with flying colours
she passed her exams with flying colours aprobó los exámenes con unas notas excelentes; he has come out of all the tests with flying colours ha salido airoso de todas las pruebas
to nail one's colours to the mast
he nailed his colours to the mast hizo constar sus opiniones
to show one's true colours
show o.s. in one's true colours
demostrar cómo se es de verdadintransitive verb
modifier
[+film, photograph, slide] en or a color; (LAm)colour bar (n) barrera (f) racial
colour blindness (n) daltonismo (m)
colour filter (n) (Fot) filtro (m) de color
colour guard (n) (Mil) portaestandarte (m)
colour line (n) barrera (f) de color
colour match (n) coordinación (f) de colores
colour prejudice (n) prejuicio (m) racial
colour scheme (n) combinación (f) de colores
colour sergeant (n) (Mil) sargento (m) portaestandarte
colour supplement (n) (Journalism) suplemento (m) a color
colour television (n) televisión (f) en color; televisión (f) a color; (LAm)
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